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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 Leapwood (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 Leapwood. 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 and doctors 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.

Leapwood is located in McNairy 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 McNairy County: Alcorn (MS), Chester, Hardeman & Hardin.

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

  • McNairy County     (The home county of Leapwood)
  • Chester County
  • Decatur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leapwood, with the one closest to Leapwood listed first.
    • Scotts Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Dunbar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
    • Decaturville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Lebanon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
      • Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
    • Parsons
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hardeman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leapwood, with the one closest to Leapwood listed first.
    • Hornsby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Hornsby is located in Hardeman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Teague
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Teague is located in Hardeman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,181 people
    • Essary Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Shandy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Toone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Toone is located in Hardeman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toone
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
    • Middleton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolivar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Hardin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leapwood, with the one closest to Leapwood listed first.
    • Crump
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sibley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • New Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • New Town is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Pittsburg Landing Ferry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
    • Savannah
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Saltillo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Belle Meade
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
    • Shiloh
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Centerview is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
      • Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
    • Paulks ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Paulks is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
    • Hamburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Swift
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Swift is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
      • Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
    • Nixon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Nixon is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
      • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
  • Henderson County
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leapwood, with the one closest to Leapwood listed first.
    • Cisco Indian Village ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Cisco Indian Village is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco Indian Village
    • Pinson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Parkburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkburg
      • Estimated population in 2014: 10,156 people
    • Medon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Malesus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Claybrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Jackson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lawrence
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lawrence is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
      • Estimated population in 2014: 10,498 people
  • Wayne County
  • Lauderdale County (AL)
    • Haddock ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
  • Alcorn County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leapwood, with the one closest to Leapwood listed first.
    • Corinth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Farmington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
    • Glen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
    • Glens
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Tishomingo County (MS)

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

Cemeteries Near Leapwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leapwood.

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

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

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

  • Mars Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Hardin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Blakeley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Winding Ridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Baucum Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Good Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rocky Knob Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Wolverton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Alexander Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Combs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (675 more) ...
    • Ebenezer Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • O'Neal Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)

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 Leapwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leapwood.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Leapwood ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leapwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leapwood, 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 Leapwood.

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 Leapwood:

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 Leapwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Leapwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.