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 Lick Creek (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 Lick Creek. 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 Lick Creek ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lick Creek: Lick Crk. (or less commonly used: Lick Ck. or Lick Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lick Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lick Creek.
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.
Lick Creek is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Carroll, Decatur, Henry, Houston, Humphreys & Stewart.
Below are the counties that are near Lick Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lick Creek:
- Benton County (The home county of Lick Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Creek, with the one closest to Lick Creek listed first.
- Faxon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Big Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brevards Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Camden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Wildlife Cove Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coxburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Creek, with the one closest to Lick Creek listed first.
- Bruceton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hollow Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- McKenzie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Huntingdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dickson County
- Slayden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Creek, with the one closest to Lick Creek listed first.
- Oak Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- Springville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Manleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Spring Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- India
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Paris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Conyersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Whitlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- Puryear
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Puryear is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Mandels ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mandels is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Creek, with the one closest to Lick Creek listed first.
- McKinnon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Magnolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Tennessee Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Erin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Omega ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Creek, with the one closest to Lick Creek listed first.
- Halls Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Trinity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Pigeon Roost
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Johnsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Plant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Hustburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- McEwen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bakerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Hurricane Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethpage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Montgomery County
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Creek, with the one closest to Lick Creek listed first.
- Dover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Snider
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Cumberland City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Throckmorton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Bumpus Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Mound
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Legate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Creek, with the one closest to Lick Creek listed first.
- Tumbling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Ore Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Calloway County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Creek, with the one closest to Lick Creek listed first.
- New Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Providence
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Hazel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Murray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Murray is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
- Harris Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Almo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Almo is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Protemus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Graves County (KY)
- Bell City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lick Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Lick Creek.
Cemeteries Near Lick Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lick Creek.
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 Lick Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lick Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lick Creek, with the one closest to Lick Creek listed first.
- Stockdate Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mathis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grafried Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bomar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dortch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (1073 more) ...
- Leegan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Odom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Whipple Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Lick Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lick Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lick Creek, with the one closest to Lick Creek listed first.
- Pace ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pace is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
- Faxon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Danville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Danville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Stribling ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stribling is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stribling
- Big Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McKinnon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Elkhorn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elkhorn is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Springville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Manleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Stewart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Clydeton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clydeton is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clydeton
- Fort Henry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Henry is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Henry
- Porters ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Porters is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lick Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lick Creek.
Newspapers Published in Lick Creek ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lick Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lick Creek, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lick Creek.
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 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 Lick Creek:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Benton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Dickson County
- Henry County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Montgomery County
- Stewart County
- Weakley County
- Calloway County
- Graves 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lick Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Lick Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |