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 Liberty (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 Liberty. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Liberty 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 Liberty. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Liberty:
- McNairy County (The home county of Liberty)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Michie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tulu
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Caffey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Guys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Eastview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Stantonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Ramer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chewalla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
- Falcon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Selmer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Purdy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Bethel Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Milledgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Masseyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Enville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Sweet Lips
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Essary Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Middleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hornsby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hornsby is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Shiloh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Nash Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Pyburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Nixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Bruton Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Crump
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belle Meade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Henderson County
- Sardis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wayne County
- Lutts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Bishop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Waterloo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Corinth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Glen
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Searcy Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Biggersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Allentown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Kossuth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jacinto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Rienzi
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Hightown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Pisgah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Altitude
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Jumpertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Booneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Blackland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Tippah County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Walnut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tiplersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Short
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Burnsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Holcut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Oldham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Paden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Liberty, see our County-by-County Page for Liberty.
Cemeteries Near Liberty ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liberty.
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 Liberty - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Liberty covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marvin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beshears Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Michie.
- The Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Michie Church of God Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2458345 <2>
- Greenhaw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (666 more) ...
- Lorraine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pebble Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Liberty in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Liberty.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Michie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kendrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kendrick is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
- Caffey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Corinth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Guys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Hamburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Hurley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hurley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Wenasoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wenasoga is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenasoga
- Stantonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Glens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Pittsburg Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Nixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Ramer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chewalla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Liberty. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty.
Newspapers Published in Liberty ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Liberty.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liberty, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Liberty.
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 websites either 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 Liberty:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to McNairy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Henderson County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Prentiss County
- Tippah County
- Tishomingo 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 Liberty, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Liberty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |