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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 Moores 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 Moores 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 Moores 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 Moores Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Moores Chapel may originally have been Moore's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Moores Chapel might be written as Moore Chapel.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Moores Chapel. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Moores 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Moores Chapel is located in Gibson 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 Gibson County: Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Madison & Weakley.
Below are the counties that are near Moores Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moores Chapel:
- Gibson County (The home county of Moores Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Chapel, with the one closest to Moores Chapel listed first.
- Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Union Central
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Central is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
- Gibson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Milan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ledbetter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
- Whitway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitway is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitway
- Graball
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graball is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
- Sitka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sitka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Humboldt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Medina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Chapel, with the one closest to Moores Chapel listed first.
- Atwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Whitthorne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- Lavinia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trezevant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- McLemoresville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Wingo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Cedar Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Hico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- McKenzie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Huntingdon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Anark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Clarksburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Chester County
- Mifflin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Chapel, with the one closest to Moores Chapel listed first.
- Gadsden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Fruitvale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Alamo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Crockett Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Elizabeth
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Bells
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maury Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Johnsons Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Maury City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Friendship
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Chestnut Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Chapel, with the one closest to Moores Chapel listed first.
- Tatumville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Churchton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Churchton is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
- Tigrett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tigrett is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigrett
- Newbern
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Bishop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bruceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Fowlkes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Meacham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Dyersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Chapel, with the one closest to Moores Chapel listed first.
- Owl City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Wellwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wellwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellwood
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Allens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allens is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
- Woodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Willow Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Chapel, with the one closest to Moores Chapel listed first.
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Union Cross
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- White Fern
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- Parkers Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Huron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Henry County
- Henry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale County
- Halls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Chapel, with the one closest to Moores Chapel listed first.
- Three Way
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Three Way is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
- Windy City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Windy City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Spring Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Oakfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oakfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Claybrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Lawrence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,498 people
- Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Huntersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Huntersville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Providence
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Malesus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Malesus is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malesus
- Denmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Chapel, with the one closest to Moores Chapel listed first.
- Kenton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Obion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Rives
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Chapel, with the one closest to Moores Chapel listed first.
- Greenfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pillowville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pillowville is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
- Sharon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sidonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Gleason
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dresden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ralston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ralston is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Tumbling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Martin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ore Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Terrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moores Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Moores Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Moores Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moores 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 Moores Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moores Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moores Chapel, with the one closest to Moores Chapel listed first.
- Harpers Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Whitehall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Rose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Davidson Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bluff Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vaughns Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (535 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Milan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Moores Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moores Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moores Chapel, with the one closest to Moores Chapel listed first.
- Gibson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Fruitland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Milan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Idlewild
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Idlewild is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Gann
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gann is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Humboldt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Medina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Atwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Gibson Wells
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gibson Wells is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Wells
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Whitthorne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- Dyer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lavinia
(12 miles [19.3 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 Moores Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moores Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Moores 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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moores Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moores Chapel, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moores Chapel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Moores Chapel:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Gibson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Chester County
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Lauderdale County
- Madison County
- Obion County
- Weakley 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> | 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 Moores Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moores Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |