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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 Mifflin (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 Mifflin. 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 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.

Mifflin is located in Chester 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 Chester County: Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, Madison & McNairy.

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

  • Chester County     (The home county of Mifflin)
  • Carroll County
  • Crockett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mifflin, with the one closest to Mifflin listed first.
    • Gadsden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Gadsden is located in Crockett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
    • Fruitvale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bells
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Decatur County
  • Gibson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mifflin, with the one closest to Mifflin listed first.
    • Goat City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Goat City is located in Gibson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat City
    • Medina
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Graball
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Graball is located in Gibson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
    • Sitka
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Gibson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Humboldt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ledbetter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
      • Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
    • Milan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Whitway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Union Central
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Union Central is located in Gibson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
  • Hardeman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mifflin, with the one closest to Mifflin listed first.
    • Teague
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Teague is located in Hardeman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,181 people
    • Toone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Toone is located in Hardeman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toone
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
    • Hornsby
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hornsby is located in Hardeman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Shandy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolivar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hardin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mifflin, with the one closest to Mifflin listed first.
    • Sibley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Saltillo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Crump
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Swift
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Swift is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
      • Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
    • Centerview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Centerview is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
      • Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
    • New Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • New Town is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Paulks ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Paulks is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
    • Savannah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Belle Meade
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
    • Johnson Ford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
  • Haywood County
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mifflin, with the one closest to Mifflin listed first.
    • Huron
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Middle Fork
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • White Fern
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Rhodes Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rhodes Town is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Town
    • Lexington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Reagan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Atkins ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Atkins is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
      • Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
    • Union Cross
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Union Cross is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
      • Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
    • McHaney ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • McHaney is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
    • Sardis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Chesterfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Madison County
  • McNairy County

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

Cemeteries Near Mifflin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mifflin.

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

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mifflin had a population of 78 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mifflin, with the one closest to Mifflin listed first.

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

Newspapers Published in Mifflin ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mifflin.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mifflin, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mifflin.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Mifflin:

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>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- Mifflin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mifflin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.