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 Life (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 Life. 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 hospitals 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.
Life is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin & Madison.
Below are the counties that are near Life. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Life:
- Henderson County (The home county of Life)
- The following are listed by their distance from Life, with the one closest to Life listed first.
- Huron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- White Fern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- Rhodes Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rhodes Town is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Town
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Reagan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- Chesterfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Parkers Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Darden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Cedar Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Benton County
- Chaseville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Life, with the one closest to Life listed first.
- Cedar Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Clarksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Lavinia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Whitthorne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- McLemoresville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Buena Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Huntingdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Atwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Trezevant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Life, with the one closest to Life listed first.
- Mifflin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Jacks Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sweet Lips
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Henderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Enville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Milledgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Montezuma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Deanburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Deanburg is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,395 people
- Masseyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Silerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silerton is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Crockett County
- Gadsden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Life, with the one closest to Life listed first.
- Scotts Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Decaturville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Parsons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Dunbar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Jeannette
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Mount Lebanon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Sugar Tree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Life, with the one closest to Life listed first.
- Goat City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goat City is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat City
- Sitka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sitka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Graball
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Graball is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
- Medina
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ledbetter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
- Milan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Humboldt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union Central
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Central is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
- Whitway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitway is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitway
- Hardeman County
- Teague
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Teague is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,181 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Life, with the one closest to Life listed first.
- Saltillo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Sibley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Swift
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Swift is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
- Crump
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Johnson Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
- Centerview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centerview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
- New Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Belle Meade
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Savannah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Life, with the one closest to Life listed first.
- Claybrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Cisco Indian Village ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cisco Indian Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco Indian Village
- Spring Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Pinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,498 people
- Oakfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oakfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Jackson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Parkburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parkburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,156 people
- Malesus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Malesus is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malesus
- Three Way
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Three Way is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
- Medon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Windy City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Windy City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- McNairy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Life, with the one closest to Life listed first.
- Finger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leapwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Adamsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Purdy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Bethel Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rose Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Creek is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek
- Perry County
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Life, see our County-by-County Page for Life.
Cemeteries Near Life ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Life.
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 Life - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Life covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Life, with the one closest to Life listed first.
- Cooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mullins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mills - Darden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Palestine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Hephzibah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- County Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Garrett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Big Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (608 more) ...
- Piney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Horn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buckley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Life had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Life, with the one closest to Life listed first.
- Huron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Hinson Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hinson Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinson Springs
- Crucifer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crucifer is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crucifer
- Luray
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Luray is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Middle Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Juno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Juno is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- White Fern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- Mifflin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Bargerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bargerton is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargerton
- Beech Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Reagan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shady Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hill
- Jacks Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Life. See our List of 1890's Communities around Life.
Newspapers Published in Life ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Life.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Life, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Life.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Life:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Chester County
- Crockett County
- Decatur County
- Gibson County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Madison County
- McNairy County
- Perry 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> | 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 Life, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Life) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |