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 Mars Hill (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 Mars Hill. 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 Mars Hill ...
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.
While the name of this community is Mars Hill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Mars Hill may originally have been Mar's Hill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Mars Hill might be written as Mar Hill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mars Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mars Hill.
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 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.
Mars Hill 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 Mars Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mars Hill:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Mars Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mars Hill, with the one closest to Mars Hill listed first.
- Lawrenceburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ethridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Prospect
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Flatwoods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Webber City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Park Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Leoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fall River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Henryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Busby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Loretto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Liberty Grove
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mars Hill, with the one closest to Mars Hill listed first.
- Weakley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Bodenham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Liberty Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Campbellsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Wales
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Anthony Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Gordon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Olivet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Bufords
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Green Field
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- 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
- Lynnville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman County
- Aetna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aetna is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mars Hill, with the one closest to Mars Hill listed first.
- Voorhies
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Hohenwald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kimmins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Lincoln County
- Dellrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mars Hill, with the one closest to Mars Hill listed first.
- Cornersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Globe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Cochran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Yell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Lewisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Berlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mars Hill, with the one closest to Mars Hill listed first.
- Screamer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Enterprise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Southport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
- Scotts Mill
(18 miles [29 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
- Frierson Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Frierson Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frierson Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 923 people
- Mount Pleasant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Broadview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Hampshire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Culleoka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ashwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ashwood is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
- Zion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Zion is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Chapel Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,461 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mars Hill, with the one closest to Mars Hill listed first.
- Corning ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- 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
- Collinwood
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Slickrock Ford
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mars Hill, with the one closest to Mars Hill listed first.
- Bethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Lexington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Belew ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Arkdell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Anderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Comer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Corum ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Green Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Cedar Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Pruitton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Estep ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Atlas ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Atlas is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mars Hill, with the one closest to Mars Hill listed first.
- Lester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Pettusville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Elkmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lentzville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mars Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Mars Hill.
Cemeteries Near Mars Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mars Hill.
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 Mars Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mars Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mars Hill, with the one closest to Mars Hill listed first.
- Freeman Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Black Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McLean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tripp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hickman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dotson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mimosa Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- May Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence County Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mattox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (1022 more) ...
- Lawrenceburg City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Mars Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mars Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mars Hill, with the one closest to Mars Hill listed first.
- Lawrenceburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seven ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Seven is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven
- Ethridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Weakley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Bodenham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Brace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brace is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brace
- Pleasant Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Fall River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Campbellsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Henryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Dustin ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dustin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
- Crestview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Crestview is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestview
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wales
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Summertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Knob Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knob Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mars Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mars Hill.
Newspapers Published in Mars Hill ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mars Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mars Hill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mars Hill.
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 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 Mars Hill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Giles County
- Hickman County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Wayne County
- Lauderdale County
- Limestone County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mars Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Mars Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |