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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 Marthas Chapel (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 Marthas Chapel. 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 Marthas Chapel ...
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 Marthas Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Marthas Chapel may originally have been Martha's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Marthas Chapel might be written as Martha Chapel.
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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Marthas Chapel is located in Dickson 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 Dickson County: Cheatham, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Marthas Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Marthas Chapel:
- Dickson County (The home county of Marthas Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- Vanleer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Slayden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Woods Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Dunn Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Tennessee City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Stayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
- Charlotte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Dickson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak Flat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Pomona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- Brevards Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Faxon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Big Sandy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- Neptune
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Cheap Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Henrietta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Bell Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Lockertsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Ashland City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Kingston Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lillamay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Sycamore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Pegram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Marrowbone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Pleasant View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- Salt Lick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Whitehouse
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Lyles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Graham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Bon Aqua Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Nunnelly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Wrigley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Only
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- Omega ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Erin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Tennessee Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- McEwen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethpage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Halls Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Trinity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Pigeon Roost
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Waverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hurricane Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Plant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Bakerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Grandmother Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- New Johnsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- Oakridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Louise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- McAllisters Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liverworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Southside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dotsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Oakwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Woodlawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Louise Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Clarksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Oak Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains
- Robertson County
- Stroudville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stroudville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- Cumberland City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Throckmorton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Indian Mound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dover
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <2>
- Legate
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Bumpus Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- Loriland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loriland is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Christian County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- Garrettsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Oak Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- LaFayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Marthas Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Marthas Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Marthas Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marthas Chapel.
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 Marthas Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Marthas Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- Cooksey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dickson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Potter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Skelton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ragan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dickson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Allbright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Averitt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Aaron James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Patty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (826 more) ...
- Nichols Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dickson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lillys 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.<4>
While we didn't find Marthas Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Marthas Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Marthas Chapel, with the one closest to Marthas Chapel listed first.
- Omega ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Yellow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Edgewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Edgewood is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Vanleer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sailors Rest ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sailors Rest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailors Rest
- Sylvia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvia is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
- Woods Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Shiloh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Cumberland Furnace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Woolworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Woolworth is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolworth
- Tennessee City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Erin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- McEwen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Charlotte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Marthas Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marthas Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Marthas Chapel ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marthas Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marthas Chapel, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marthas Chapel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Marthas Chapel:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Dickson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Cheatham County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Montgomery County
- Robertson County
- Stewart County
- Williamson County
- Christian 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 Marthas Chapel, 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- Marthas Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |