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 New Friendship (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 New Friendship. 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 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.
New Friendship 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 New Friendship. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Friendship:
- Chester County (The home county of New Friendship)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Mifflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jacks Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Lips
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Montezuma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Enville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Deanburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deanburg is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,395 people
- Masseyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Milledgeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Silerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silerton is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Cedar Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Lavinia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Clarksburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Whitthorne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- Anark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship 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)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Bells
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Scotts Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Dunbar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Decaturville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Parsons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Goat City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Goat City is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat City
- Medina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Graball
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Graball is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
- Sitka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sitka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Humboldt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Ledbetter
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Teague
(18 miles [29 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shandy is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shandy
- Bolivar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vildo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vildo is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vildo
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Sibley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Saltillo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Crump
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Savannah
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Belle Meade
(29 miles [46.7 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
- 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
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Woodland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Wellwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wellwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellwood
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Middle Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- Huron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Rhodes Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rhodes Town is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Town
- White Fern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- Reagan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Sardis
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Union Cross
(18 miles [29 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
- Cedar Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Chesterfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Cisco Indian Village ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cisco Indian Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco Indian Village
- Pinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Parkburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Parkburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,156 people
- Malesus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Malesus is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malesus
- Claybrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Jackson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,498 people
- Medon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Oakfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Denmark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Huntersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Huntersville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- McNairy County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Finger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Leapwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Bethel Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Purdy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Rose Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rose Creek is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek
- Adamsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Selmer
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Falcon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Stantonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Eastview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Ramer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Friendship, see our County-by-County Page for New Friendship.
Cemeteries Near New Friendship ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Friendship.
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 New Friendship - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Friendship covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Frys Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Mifflin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mifflin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Mifflin Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the northeast of Henderson.
- The New Mifflin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mifflin Cemetery
- Mifflin Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15620 <3>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clarks Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Unity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (555 more) ...
- Buckley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jones Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the northeast of Henderson.
- The Jones Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jones - Rhodes Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14159 <3>
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 New Friendship in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Friendship.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Friendship, with the one closest to New Friendship listed first.
- Mifflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Beech Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jacks Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Luray
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Luray is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Pinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Middle Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- Huron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Sweet Lips
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- White Fern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- Montezuma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Life
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Life is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Life
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Crucifer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crucifer is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crucifer
- Hinson Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hinson Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinson Springs
- Malesus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Malesus is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malesus
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Friendship. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Friendship.
Newspapers Published in New Friendship ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Friendship.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Friendship, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Friendship.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 New Friendship:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Chester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Crockett County
- Decatur County
- Gibson County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Madison County
- McNairy 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- New Friendship) 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 New Friendship, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |