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 Long Branch (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 Long Branch. 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 Long Branch ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Long Branch: Long Br. (or less commonly used: Long Brnch.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Long Branch. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Long Branch.
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.
Long Branch is located in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Lauderdale (AL), Giles, Lewis, Maury & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Long Branch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Long Branch:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Long Branch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Branch, with the one closest to Long Branch listed first.
- Busby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Leoma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Loretto
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Westpoint
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Lawrenceburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Saint Joseph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flatwoods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- New Prospect
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Rascal Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Fall River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Park Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Branch, with the one closest to Long Branch listed first.
- Weakley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Bodenham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Minor Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Anthony Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Liberty Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Green Field
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Stella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Wales
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Campbellsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Gordon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Pulaski
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Olivet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Branch, with the one closest to Long Branch listed first.
- Voorhies
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Hohenwald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Branch, with the one closest to Long Branch listed first.
- Screamer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
- Scotts Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 983 people
- Southport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Broadview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Frierson Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frierson Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frierson Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 923 people
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Branch, with the one closest to Long Branch listed first.
- Corning ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Collinwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Waynesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Ashland Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Cypress Inn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Slickrock Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Lutts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Branch, with the one closest to Long Branch listed first.
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Davidsons Cross Roads is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsons Cross Roads
- Ford City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Wilson Dam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Dam is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Dam
- Nitrate City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nitrate City is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitrate City
- South Florence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Muscle Shoals
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Branch, with the one closest to Long Branch listed first.
- Belew ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Arkdell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Green Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Comer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Pruitton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Bethel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Atlas ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Atlas is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Corum ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Anderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Arnot
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Arnot is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
- Lawrence County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Branch, with the one closest to Long Branch listed first.
- Wheeler Dam Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Red Bank
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Branch, with the one closest to Long Branch listed first.
- Lester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Lentzville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Elkmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pettusville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Poplar Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Long Branch, see our County-by-County Page for Long Branch.
Cemeteries Near Long Branch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Long Branch.
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 Long Branch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Long Branch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Long Branch, with the one closest to Long Branch listed first.
- Belew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sam Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ander Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Payne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Neal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hensley Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clack Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (881 more) ...
- Blue Water Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fuller Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Freemon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Long Branch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Long Branch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Long Branch, with the one closest to Long Branch listed first.
- Busby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Pleasant Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Knob Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Knob Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
- Loretto
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Westpoint
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Pinkney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pinkney is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Dustin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dustin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
- Lawrenceburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland Springs
- Belew ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Fall River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Moon ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Moon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Iron City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Light ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Light is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Long Branch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Long Branch.
Newspapers Published in Long Branch ...
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 Long Branch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Long Branch, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Long Branch.
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 Long Branch:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Giles County
- Lewis County
- Maury County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone 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 Long Branch, 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- Long Branch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |