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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 Latham (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 Latham. 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.

Latham is located in Weakley 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 Weakley County: Graves (KY), Carroll, Gibson, Henry & Obion.

Below are the counties that are near Latham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Latham:

  • Weakley County     (The home county of Latham)
  • Carroll County
  • Dyer County
    • Trimble
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Trimble is located in Dyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
  • Gibson County
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Latham, with the one closest to Latham listed first.
    • Cottage Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • New Boston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Mandels ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Mandels is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
      • Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
    • Whitlock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Puryear
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Henry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Conyersville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Paris
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • India
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • India is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
    • Haglerville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Haglerville is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
    • Oakland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Mount Vista ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Mount Vista is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
  • Obion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Latham, with the one closest to Latham listed first.
    • McConnell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • South Fulton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pierce Station
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Union City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Rives
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Kenton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodland Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Woodland Mills is located in Obion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
    • Englewood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Englewood is located in Obion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
    • Troy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Troy is located in Obion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,328 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
    • Obion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Obion is located in Obion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
  • Calloway County (KY)
  • Carlisle County (KY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Latham, with the one closest to Latham listed first.
    • Milburn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Kirbyton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Arlington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Arlington is located in Carlisle County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
  • Fulton County (KY)
  • Graves County (KY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Latham, with the one closest to Latham listed first.
    • Water Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynnville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bell City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bell City is located in Graves County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
    • Wingo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Wingo is located in Graves County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wingo <1>
    • Tri City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Tri City is located in Graves County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri City
    • Sedalia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Pryorsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Farmington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Farmington is located in Graves County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
    • Mayfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Fancy Farm
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Fancy Farm is located in Graves County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
    • Hickory
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Hickory is located in Graves County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
    • Westplains
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Hickman County (KY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Latham, with the one closest to Latham listed first.
    • Fulgham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Moscow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Clinton is located in Hickman County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <1>
    • Spring Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Latham, see our County-by-County Page for Latham.

Cemeteries Near Latham ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Latham.

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 Latham - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Latham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Latham, with the one closest to Latham listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Latham had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Latham, with the one closest to Latham listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Latham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Latham.

Newspapers Published in Latham ...

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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Latham.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Latham, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Latham.

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 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 Latham:

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 Latham, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Latham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.