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 Newsom (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 Newsom. 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 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.
Newsom 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 Newsom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newsom:
Davidson County (The home county of Newsom)
The following are listed by their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
Bellevue (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Linton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Linton is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
Watkins ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Watkins is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Belle Meade (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Belle Meade is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
Forest Hills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Forest Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
Green Hills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Green Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
Oak Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Oak Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
Berry Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Berry Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
Nashville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Nashville - Davidson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Nashville - Davidson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville - Davidson Estimated population in 2019: 670,820 people
Morny (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Morny is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny Cheatham County
The following are listed by their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
Pegram (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Pegram is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
Kingston Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Doziers ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Doziers is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
Bell Town (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Bell Town is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town Lillamay (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Lillamay is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay Marrowbone (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Ashland City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Ashland City is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
Bearwallow (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Sycamore (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Sycamore is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Westeria ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Westeria is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria Lockertsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
Cheap Hill (19 miles [30.6 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 Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
White Bluff (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Spencers Mill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill Bellsburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Bellsburg is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg White Oak Flat (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat Burns (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Abiff (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Abiff is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff Tidwell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Tidwell is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell Charlotte (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Pomona (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Pomona is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona Dickson (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Stayton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Stayton is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton Pond (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Pond is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Hickman County
The following are listed by their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
Bon Aqua Junction (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
Lyles (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Primm Springs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Primm Springs is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs Wrigley (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Wrigley is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
Littlelot (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Littlelot is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot Duck River (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Duck River is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River Graham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Graham is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Tottys Bend (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend Graytown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Graytown is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
Nunnelly (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Nunnelly is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly Maury County
The following are listed by their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
Theta (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Theta is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta Fly (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Fly is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Hill Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Hill Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town Jameson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Jameson is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson New Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
New Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town New Flys Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
New Flys Village is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village New Hope (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
New Hope is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
Santa Fe (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Carters Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Carters Creek is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek Mowd ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Mowd is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd Chartersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Chartersville is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartersville Estimated population in 2014: 1,494 people
Williamsport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Williamsport is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
Oak Plains (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains Southside (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Fredonia (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Fredonia is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia McAllisters Crossroads (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Liverworth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Liverworth is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth Woodford ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Woodford is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Louise (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Louise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Robertson County
The following are listed by their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
Coopertown (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Coopertown is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
Crunk (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Crunk is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
Sandy Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Hygeia Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs Greenbrier (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Greenbrier is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
Flewellyn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Flewellyn is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn Stroudville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Stroudville is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville Springfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Holmansville ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Holmansville is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmansville Oakland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Oakland is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
La Vergne (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Morrow (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Morrow is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
Jefferson Pike (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
Smyrna (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Allisona (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Allisona is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona Patterson (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Patterson is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Murphree (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Murphree is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
Eagleville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Snell ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Snell is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
Sumner County
The following are listed by their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
Driftwood Park (23 miles [37 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 (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Hendersonville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Millersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Shackle Island (29 miles [46.7 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
Williamson County
The following are listed by their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
Old Town ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Old Town is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Wildwood Estates (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Wildwood Estates is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 1,098 people
Forest Home (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Berrys Chapel Heights (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
Fairview (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Fernvale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Fernvale is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale Lynnwood Downs (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
Loriland (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Loriland is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
Leipers Fork (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Franklin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
McEwen ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
McEwen is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
Brentwood (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
Lynn Christie (26 miles [41.8 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
Rural Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Rural Hill is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill Mount Juliet (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Belinda City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Belinda City is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newsom, see our County-by-County Page for Newsom .
Cemeteries Near Newsom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newsom.
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 Newsom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newsom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Thronton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Pasquo Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
South Harpeth Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Gower Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Ward Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Russell Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
McPherson Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Scott Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
McPherson Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Continue List (1253 more) ...
Laine Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Slave Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Wray Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Newsom in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newsom.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newsom, with the one closest to Newsom listed first.
Linton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Linton is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Pegram (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Pegram is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
Watkins ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Watkins is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Kingston Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Beachville ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Beachville is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachville Forest Home (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Grassland (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Grassland is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland Craggie Hope (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Craggie Hope is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craggie Hope Fernvale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Fernvale is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale Fernvale Springs ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Fernvale Springs is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale Springs Lillamay (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Lillamay is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay Bingham (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Bingham is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham Continue List (15 more) ...
West Nashville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
West Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nashville White Bluff (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Marrowbone (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newsom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newsom .
Newspapers Published in Newsom ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newsom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newsom, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Newsom.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Newsom:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Davidson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cheatham County Dickson County Hickman 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 Newsom. 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 . 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- Newsom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Newsom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.