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 Moons (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 Moons. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Moons is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Calloway (KY), Graves (KY), Benton, Carroll, Stewart & Weakley.
Below are the counties that are near Moons. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moons:
- Henry County (The home county of Moons)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Oak Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- Springville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- India
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Manleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Conyersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- Mandels ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mandels is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
- Puryear
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Puryear is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Whitlock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- Big Sandy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Faxon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Camden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Brevards Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Sandy Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Wildlife Cove Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- Bruceton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hollow Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McKenzie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Hico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Huntingdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- McKinnon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Tennessee Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brownsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Erin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- Halls Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Trinity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- New Johnsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pigeon Roost
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Hustburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <1>
- Snider
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Bumpus Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Mound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cumberland City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Throckmorton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Legate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- Tumbling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Ore Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Dunlap ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dunlap is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
- Gleason
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Calloway County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- New Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Hazel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Murray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Murray is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
- Harris Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Almo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Almo is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Protemus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Dexter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Kirksey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Graves County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- Bell City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Tri City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tri City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri City
- Lynnville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lynnville is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Marshall County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- Aurora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Olive
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Olive is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Trigg County (KY)
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moons, see our County-by-County Page for Moons.
Cemeteries Near Moons ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moons.
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 Moons - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moons covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- Walker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Edmunds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McLester Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bradford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sulphur Well Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hicks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kendall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (1072 more) ...
- Wynns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bond - Limekiln Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Moons in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moons.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moons, with the one closest to Moons listed first.
- Elkhorn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhorn is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Pace ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pace is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
- India
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Porters ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Porters is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Springville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stribling ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stribling is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stribling
- Big Sandy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Manleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Faxon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Danville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Danville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Fort Henry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Henry is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Henry
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Conyersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- McKinnon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moons. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moons.
Newspapers Published in Moons ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moons.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moons, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moons.
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 Moons:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Stewart County
- Weakley County
- Calloway County
- Graves County
- Marshall County
- Trigg 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 Moons, 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' (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- Moons) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |