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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 Lowryville (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 Lowryville. 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.

Lowryville is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Lauderdale (AL), Tishomingo (MS), Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Lowryville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lowryville:

  • Hardin County     (The home county of Lowryville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lowryville, with the one closest to Lowryville listed first.
    • Bruton Branch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gibbs ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Gibbs is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
    • Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • White Sulphur ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
    • Nixon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Nixon is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
      • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
    • Pyburn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Slab Town ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Slab Town is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
    • Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
    • Belle Meade
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
    • Paulks ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Paulks is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
    • Savannah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hamburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Nash Landing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lowryville, with the one closest to Lowryville listed first.
    • Milledgeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Enville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Enville is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
  • Decatur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lowryville, with the one closest to Lowryville listed first.
    • Dunbar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
    • Scotts Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lowryville, with the one closest to Lowryville listed first.
    • Sardis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Lawrence County
    • Iron City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Iron City is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
  • McNairy County
  • Perry County
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lowryville, with the one closest to Lowryville listed first.
    • Lutts
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cypress Inn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
    • Sorby ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Sorby is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
    • Collinwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Clifton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Waynesboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Corning ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Corning is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
    • Slickrock Ford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
  • Colbert County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lowryville, with the one closest to Lowryville listed first.
    • Crows Camp ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
    • Chickasaw ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
    • Riverton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Caryton ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
    • Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
    • Ingleton ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
    • Cherokee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Gatesville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Gatesville is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
    • Bishop
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Red Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lauderdale County (AL)
  • Alcorn County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lowryville, with the one closest to Lowryville listed first.
    • Farmington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
    • Glen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
    • Glens
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Corinth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Searcy Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
    • Jacinto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tishomingo County (MS)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lowryville, see our County-by-County Page for Lowryville.

Cemeteries Near Lowryville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lowryville.

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 Lowryville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lowryville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lowryville, with the one closest to Lowryville listed first.

  • Cherry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Franks Store Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Porter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Weatherford Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Cherry Chapel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Stricklin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • McLaren Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Stricklin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Wards Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cantrell - Johnson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cossey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (771 more) ...
    • Russell Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Church Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Big Ivy Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lowryville 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 Lowryville, with the one closest to Lowryville listed first.

  • Gillises Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gillises Mills is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillises Mills
  • Gibbs ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gibbs is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
  • Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
  • Maddox
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Maddox is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
  • Haddock ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
  • Stout
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Stout is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
  • Nixon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Nixon is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
  • Lutts
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Martins Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Martins Mills is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Mills
  • Economy ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Economy is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
  • Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
  • Paulks ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Paulks is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lowryville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lowryville.

Newspapers Published in Lowryville ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lowryville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lowryville, 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 Lowryville.

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 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 Lowryville:

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 Lowryville, 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- Lowryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.