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 Lively (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 Lively. 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 and doctors 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.
Lively is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Bedford, Giles, Lincoln, Maury, Rutherford & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Lively. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lively:
- Marshall County (The home county of Lively)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Caney Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Holts Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Verona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- South Berlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Lewisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Cochran
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Globe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Belfast
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Unionville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Palmetto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Longview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Vannatta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Whitaker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Shelbyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Buckle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wartrace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Haley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Wrencoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Forest Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Forest Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
- Whispering Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
- Linton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Antioch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
- Bellevue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Paragon Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills
- Rural Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rural Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,007 people
- Belle Meade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Belle Meade is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
- Green Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Green Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
- Nashboro Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nashboro Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashboro Village
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Lynnville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Trigg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Bufords
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Olivet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Campbellsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Duck River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Primm Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Littlelot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Petersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Belleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Leftwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- New Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Philadelphia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Carters Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Carters Creek is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek
- Jameson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Columbia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Scribner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- New Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
- Theta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Culleoka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graymere Manor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Allisona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Eagleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Patterson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Midland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Snell ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- Rucker
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Plainview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Murfreesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burns Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Colonial Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Smyrna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Duplex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Harpeth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- Spring Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peytonsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- College Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson's Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Arrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Burwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Parry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Clovercroft
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Southall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lively, see our County-by-County Page for Lively.
Cemeteries Near Lively ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lively.
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 Lively - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lively covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Moses Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Butler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Derryberry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pratt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore Cemetery is located between<4> the communities of Spring Hill and Chapel Hill. The cemetery lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the southeast of Spring Hill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15778 <3>
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shires Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jacob Shires Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob Shires Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jacob Shires Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east of Columbia.
- The Jacob Shires Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shires Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18468 <3>
- Continue List (1888 more) ...
- Riley - Harper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rainey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fagan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<5>
While we didn't find Lively in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lively.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lively, with the one closest to Lively listed first.
- Rally Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rally Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
- Thick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Thick is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thick
- Hardison Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hardison Mill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardison Mill
- Caney Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Lillard Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lillard Mill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillard Mill
- Holts Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Duplex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bethesda is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Kedron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kedron is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kedron
- Lasea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lasea is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasea
- Leftwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Rich Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rich Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Beasley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Beasley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Allisona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lively. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lively.
Newspapers Published in Lively ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lively.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lively, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lively.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lively:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Davidson County
- Giles County
- Hickman County
- Lincoln County
- Maury County
- Rutherford 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lively) 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Spring Hill and Chapel Hill. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <5> | 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 Lively, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |