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 Little Rock Mills (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 Little Rock Mills. 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 Little Rock Mills ...
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 Little Rock Mills: Little Rock Mls. (or less commonly used: Little Rock Mlls.)
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 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.
Little Rock Mills is located in Hickman 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 Hickman County: Dickson, Humphreys, Lewis, Maury, Perry & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Little Rock Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Rock Mills:
- Hickman County (The home county of Little Rock Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Rock Mills, with the one closest to Little Rock Mills listed first.
- Primm Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Wrigley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Littlelot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Bon Aqua Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
- Lyles
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tottys Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Graytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Duck River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Graham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Nunnelly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Bluff is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Bluff
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Rock Mills, with the one closest to Little Rock Mills listed first.
- Bell Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Kingston Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pegram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Lillamay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Rock Mills, with the one closest to Little Rock Mills listed first.
- Linton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Bellevue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
- Watkins ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Forest Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
- Belle Meade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Meade is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Rock Mills, with the one closest to Little Rock Mills listed first.
- Abiff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Spencers Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill
- Tidwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Pomona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Burns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Dickson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- White Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Tennessee City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Charlotte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- White Oak Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat
- Houston County
- Omega ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Rock Mills, with the one closest to Little Rock Mills listed first.
- Bethpage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Grandmother Ford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- McEwen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Hurricane Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Rock Mills, with the one closest to Little Rock Mills listed first.
- Kimmins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Hohenwald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Rock Mills, with the one closest to Little Rock Mills listed first.
- Fly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- New Flys Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Flys Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
- Chartersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chartersville is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartersville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,494 people
- Hill Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
- Greenfield Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
- Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
- Williamsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Williamsport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Santa Fe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arkland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arkland is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkland
- Sawdust
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sawdust is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
- Theta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Chapel Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,461 people
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Rock Mills, with the one closest to Little Rock Mills listed first.
- Lobelville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beardstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Rock Mills, with the one closest to Little Rock Mills listed first.
- Loriland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Loriland is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
- Fairview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fernvale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fernvale is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
- Burwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Leipers Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Southall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Spring Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Thompson's Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <1>
- Forest Home
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Old Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Parry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Rock Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Little Rock Mills.
Cemeteries Near Little Rock Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Rock Mills.
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 Little Rock Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Rock Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Rock Mills, with the one closest to Little Rock Mills listed first.
- Primm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Litton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Worley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Primm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McFarland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kellough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shouse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Willow Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cheairs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (1174 more) ...
- Baird Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ft. Cooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Little Rock Mills had a population of 21 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Rock Mills, with the one closest to Little Rock Mills listed first.
- Lick Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lick Creek is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Littlelot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Tottys Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Lyles
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Graytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Bluffpoint ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bluffpoint is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffpoint
- Jones Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Valley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Valley
- Bon Aqua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rodemer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rodemer is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodemer
- Duck River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Fly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- Whiteoak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Whiteoak is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Abiff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Water Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Graham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Rock Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Rock Mills.
Newspapers Published in Little Rock Mills ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Rock Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Rock Mills, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Rock Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Little Rock Mills:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hickman County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Dickson County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Lewis County
- Maury County
- Perry County
- Williamson 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Rock Mills) 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 Little Rock Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |