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 Nashville - Davidson (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 Nashville - Davidson. 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.
Nashville - Davidson is located in Davidson 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 Davidson County : Cheatham , Robertson , Rutherford , Sumner , Williamson & Wilson .
Below are the counties that are near Nashville - Davidson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nashville - Davidson:
Davidson County (The home county of Nashville - Davidson)
The following are listed by their distance from Nashville - Davidson, with the one closest to Nashville - Davidson listed first.
Nashville (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Berry Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Berry Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
Mudtavern (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Mudtavern is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudtavern East Nashville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
East Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nashville Dog Town ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Dog Town is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town Green Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Green Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
Donelson (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Donelson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donelson Maplewood (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Maplewood is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Oak Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Oak Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
Paragon Mills (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills Whispering Hills (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills Belle Meade (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Belle Meade is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
Antioch (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Cheatham County
The following are listed by their distance from Nashville - Davidson, with the one closest to Nashville - Davidson listed first.
Doziers ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Doziers is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
Marrowbone (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Westeria ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Westeria is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria Bearwallow (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Lillamay (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Lillamay is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay Pegram (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Pegram is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
Ashland City (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Sycamore (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Sycamore is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Pleasant View (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Bell Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Bell Town is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town Lockertsville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
Cheap Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
Dickson County
The following are listed by their distance from Nashville - Davidson, with the one closest to Nashville - Davidson listed first.
White Bluff (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Bellsburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Bellsburg is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg Spencers Mill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill White Oak Flat (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat Maury County
The following are listed by their distance from Nashville - Davidson, with the one closest to Nashville - Davidson listed first.
New Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
New Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Jameson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Jameson is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson Theta (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Theta is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta Montgomery County
Oak Plains (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains Robertson County
The following are listed by their distance from Nashville - Davidson, with the one closest to Nashville - Davidson listed first.
Hygeia Springs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs Crunk (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Crunk is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
Greenbrier (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Greenbrier is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
Coopertown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Coopertown is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
White House (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Oakland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Oakland is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Sandy Springs (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Calistia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Calistia is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia Jernigan Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town Springfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Flewellyn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Flewellyn is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn Cross Plains (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mulloy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Mulloy is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Nashville - Davidson, with the one closest to Nashville - Davidson listed first.
Morrow (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Morrow is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
La Vergne (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Jefferson Pike (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
Murphree (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Murphree is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
Smyrna (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Colonial Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Leanna (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Leanna is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna Patterson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Patterson is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Jamestown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
Snell ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Snell is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
Walter Hill Estates (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Walter Hill Estates is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter Hill Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 401 people
Walterhill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Walterhill is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walterhill Allisona (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Allisona is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona Sumner County
The following are listed by their distance from Nashville - Davidson, with the one closest to Nashville - Davidson listed first.
Driftwood Park (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
Goodlettsville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Hendersonville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Millersville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Shackle Island (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Shackle Island is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
Ocana (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Ocana is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocana Estimated population in 2014: 1,086 people
Station Camp ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Station Camp is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Camp Cottontown (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Gallatin (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Grove (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Johnsons Crossroads (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Johnsons Crossroads is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Crossroads Hall Town (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hall Town is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
Trousdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Trousdale is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale Williamson County
The following are listed by their distance from Nashville - Davidson, with the one closest to Nashville - Davidson listed first.
Wildwood Estates (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Wildwood Estates is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 1,098 people
Brentwood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Lynnwood Downs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
Nolensville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Berrys Chapel Heights (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
Old Town ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Old Town is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Clovercroft (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Clovercroft is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft McEwen ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
McEwen is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
Forest Home (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Franklin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Arrington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Parry (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Parry is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
Southall (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Southall is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Nashville - Davidson, with the one closest to Nashville - Davidson listed first.
Lynn Christie (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
Mount Juliet (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Rural Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Rural Hill is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill Belinda City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Belinda City is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City Beckwith (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Beckwith is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith Gladeville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Leeville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Leeville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville Laguardo (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Laguardo is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
Possum Town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Possum Town is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town Lebanon (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Doaks Crossroads (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
Doaks Greenwood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Greenwood is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cainsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Cainsville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nashville - Davidson, see our County-by-County Page for Nashville - Davidson .
Cemeteries Near Nashville - Davidson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nashville - Davidson.
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 Nashville - Davidson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nashville - Davidson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nashville - Davidson, with the one closest to Nashville - Davidson listed first.
Nashville City Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Mt. Ararat Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Greenwood Cemetery West (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Calvary Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Nashville . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10082 <2>
Woodlawn Memorial Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Memorial Park The Woodlawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Roesch Patton Memorial Park Greenwood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Buchanan Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Whitsett Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
St. Cecilia Convent Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Potters Field (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Temple Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Cemetery The Temple Cemetery has also been known as:
Temple Ohabai Sholom Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19274 <2>
Continue List (1290 more) ...
King Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Bordeaux Gardens Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
White Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Nashville - Davidson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nashville - Davidson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nashville - Davidson, with the one closest to Nashville - Davidson listed first.
Nashville (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Glencliff (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Glencliff is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencliff East Nashville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
East Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nashville West Nashville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
West Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nashville Paragon Mills (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills Donelson (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Donelson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donelson Maplewood (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Maplewood is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Wilkerson ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Wilkerson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson Jordonia (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Jordonia is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordonia Oglesby (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Oglesby is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby Antioch (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Una (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Una is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una Continue List (13 more) ...
Madison (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Whites Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Hermitage (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nashville - Davidson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nashville - Davidson .
Newspapers Published in Nashville - Davidson ...
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 362 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nashville - Davidson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nashville - Davidson, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Nashville - Davidson.
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 Nashville - Davidson:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Davidson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cheatham County Dickson County Maury County Montgomery County Robertson County Rutherford County Sumner County Williamson County Wilson County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nashville - Davidson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Nashville - Davidson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Nashville - Davidson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.