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 Lancaster Hill (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 Lancaster Hill. 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 doctors 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.
Lancaster Hill is located in Smith 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 Smith County : DeKalb , Jackson , Macon , Putnam , Trousdale & Wilson .
Below are the counties that are near Lancaster Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lancaster Hill:
Smith County (The home county of Lancaster Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Hickman (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hickman is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman Gordonsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Chestnut Mound (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Chestnut Mound is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Mound Bluff Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Bluff Creek is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
South Carthage (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
South Carthage is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carthage Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
Brush Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Brush Creek is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek Carthage (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Shaver Town (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Shaver Town is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Town Defeated (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Defeated is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defeated Monoville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Monoville is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monoville Rock City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Rock City is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City Difficult (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Difficult is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
Pleasant Shade (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Cannon County
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Gassaway (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Gassaway is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway Auburntown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Auburntown is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
Woods (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Woods is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Thomas Town ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Thomas Town is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town Woodbury (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Bluewing (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Bluewing is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing Manus Town ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Manus Town is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town Burt (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Burt is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt Burgen (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Burgen is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Jenkins Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Jenkins Village is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Village Butlers Landing ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Butlers Landing is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Landing DeKalb County
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Temperance Hall (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
Dowelltown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Alexandria (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Liberty (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Liberty is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
Youngblood ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Youngblood is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood Philippi (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Philippi is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philippi Smithville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Johnsons Chapel (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Johnsons Chapel is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Chapel Young Bend (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Young Bend is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Bend Estimated population in 2014: 279 people
Bear Branch ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Bear Branch is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Nameless (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Nameless is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless Mayfield ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Mayfield is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Rough Point (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Rough Point is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Point Gainesboro (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Haydenburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Haydenburg is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenburg Columbus Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Columbus Hill is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
Dodson Branch (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Dodson Branch is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Branch Population from the 2010 Census: 1,074 people
North Springs (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
North Springs is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springs Whitleyville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Whitleyville is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitleyville Burristown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Burristown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burristown Macon County
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Gibbs Crossroads (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Gibbs Crossroads is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Crossroads Mill Town (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mill Town is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town Meadorville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Meadorville is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadorville Red Boiling Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Lafayette (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Green Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Green Grove is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove Frog Pond (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Frog Pond is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Pond Overton County
Duncan's Chapel ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Duncan's Chapel is located in Overton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan's Chapel Putnam County
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Pekin ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Pekin is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin Estimated population in 2014: 2,114 people
Lafayette (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Lafayette is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Estimated population in 2014: 4,962 people
Boma (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Boma is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boma Baxter (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Burton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Burton is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Boiling Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Boiling Springs is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs Ditty (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Ditty is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditty Burgess (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Burgess is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess Huntland (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Huntland is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntland Estimated population in 2014: 860 people
Cookeville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Southtown Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Southtown Village is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southtown Village Park Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Park Village is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Algood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Milton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Milton is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Readyville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Compton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Compton is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton Kittrell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Kittrell is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell Walter Hill Estates (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Walter Hill Estates is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter Hill Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 401 people
Walterhill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Walterhill is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walterhill Sumner County
Castalian Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Trousdale County
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Johntown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Johntown is located in Trousdale County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown Hartsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Van Buren County
Bone Cave (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Dibrell (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Dibrell is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibrell Lucky (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Lucky is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Gath (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Gath is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls Fall City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Fall City is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall City Daylight (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Daylight is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight Centertown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Centertown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
Campaign (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Campaign is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campaign Rowland Station ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Rowland Station is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station Rowland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Rowland is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland McMinnville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
White County
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Peeled Chestnut (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Peeled Chestnut is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Chestnut Fanchers Mills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Fanchers Mills is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanchers Mills Drop ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Drop is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop Macedonia (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Macedonia is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Darkey Springs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Darkey Springs is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkey Springs Pollard ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Pollard is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard Cherry Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Cherry Creek is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek Methodist ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Methodist is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist Quebeck (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Sparta (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Doyle (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Doyle is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Cottage Home (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Cottage Home is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Home Estimated population in 2014: 88 people
Round Top (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Round Top is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top Commerce (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Commerce is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce Saulsbury (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Saulsbury is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury Estimated population in 2014: 96 people
Watertown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Statesville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Statesville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville Linwood (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Linwood is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Greenwood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Greenwood is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Doaks Crossroads (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
Doaks Centerville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Centerville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 people
Cainsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Cainsville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville Lebanon (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Possum Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
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 Lancaster Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Lancaster Hill .
Cemeteries Near Lancaster Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lancaster Hill.
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 Lancaster Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lancaster Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Pricnard Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Bennett Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Fisher Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Stewart Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Heflin Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Bethel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Stokes Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Bates Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Braswell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Manners Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Cowan Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Driver Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Continue List (746 more) ...
Nixon Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Tubb Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Tubb 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 Lancaster Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lancaster Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lancaster Hill, with the one closest to Lancaster Hill listed first.
Lancaster (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Temperance Hall (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
Hickman (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hickman is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman Stonewall (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Stonewall is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Laurel Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Laurel Hill is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Gordonsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Buffalo Valley (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Sykes (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Sykes is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykes Elmwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Elmwood is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Chestnut Mound (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Chestnut Mound is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Mound Pekin ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Pekin is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin Estimated population in 2014: 2,114 people
Bluff Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Bluff Creek is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
Continue List (19 more) ...
New Middleton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
New Middleton is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Middleton Dowelltown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Silver Point (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lancaster Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lancaster Hill .
Newspapers Published in Lancaster Hill ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lancaster Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lancaster Hill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Lancaster Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Lancaster Hill:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Smith County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cannon County Clay County DeKalb County Jackson County Macon County Overton County Putnam County Rutherford County Sumner County Trousdale County Van Buren County Warren County White County Wilson County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lancaster Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Smith County: https://smithcotn.com/
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 . 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 Lancaster Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lancaster Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.