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 Lyles (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 Lyles. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Lyles 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 Lyles. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lyles:
- Hickman County (The home county of Lyles)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyles, with the one closest to Lyles listed first.
- Bon Aqua Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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
- Wrigley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Primm Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Nunnelly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Graytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Littlelot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Tottys Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Duck River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Swan Bluff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- 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 Lyles, with the one closest to Lyles listed first.
- Bell Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Kingston Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pegram
(20 miles [32.2 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Lillamay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Ashland City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Marrowbone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Cheap Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Neptune
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyles, with the one closest to Lyles listed first.
- Linton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Bellevue
(24 miles [38.6 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
(27 miles [43.5 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 east)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 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 Lyles, with the one closest to Lyles listed first.
- Abiff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Tidwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Pomona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Spencers Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill
- Burns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- White Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Charlotte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- White Oak Flat
(20 miles [32.2 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
(24 miles [38.6 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 Lyles, with the one closest to Lyles listed first.
- Bethpage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- McEwen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grandmother Ford
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Hurricane Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Buffalo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon Roost
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Bakerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyles, with the one closest to Lyles listed first.
- Kimmins
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Hohenwald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyles, with the one closest to Lyles listed first.
- Fly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- New Flys Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Flys Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
- Chartersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chartersville is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartersville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,494 people
- Hill Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
- Greenfield Bend
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Santa Fe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Arkland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arkland is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkland
- Sawdust
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Chapel Hill
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- Montgomery County
- McAllisters Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyles, with the one closest to Lyles listed first.
- Lobelville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyles, with the one closest to Lyles listed first.
- Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Loriland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Loriland is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
- Fernvale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fernvale is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
- Leipers Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Forest Home
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Forest Home is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Old Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Southall
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Berrys Chapel Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Parry
(26 miles [41.8 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 Lyles, see our County-by-County Page for Lyles.
Cemeteries Near Lyles ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyles.
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 Lyles - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lyles covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lyles, with the one closest to Lyles listed first.
- Gossett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lyles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Potts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Weems Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Little Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCord Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bartley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Thornton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gossett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cochran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1092 more) ...
- Baird Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McCord Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cooper 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 in 1895, Lyles had a post office and railroad service. In 2010, Lyles had a population of 734 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lyles, with the one closest to Lyles listed first.
- Bon Aqua
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rodemer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rodemer is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodemer
- Abiff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Iron Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Iron Hill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
- Little Rock Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Rock Mills is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Mills
- Tidwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Pinewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pinewood is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Lick Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lick Creek is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Pomona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Spencers Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill
- Nunnelly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Colesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Colesburg is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Vernon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Goodrich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodrich is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lyles. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lyles.
Newspapers Published in Lyles ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lyles.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lyles, 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 Lyles.
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 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 Lyles:
- 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
- Montgomery 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> | 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 Lyles, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lyles) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |