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 Old Middleton (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 Old Middleton. 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 and 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.
Old Middleton is located in Smith 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 Smith County : DeKalb , Jackson , Macon , Putnam , Trousdale & Wilson .
Below are the counties that are near Old Middleton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Middleton:
Smith County (The home county of Old Middleton)
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Shaver Town (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Shaver Town is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Town Gordonsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Bluff Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Bluff Creek is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
Hickman (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Hickman is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman South Carthage (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
South Carthage is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carthage Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
Brush Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Brush Creek is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek Carthage (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Rock City (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Rock City is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City Monoville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Monoville is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monoville Chestnut Mound (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Chestnut Mound is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Mound Defeated (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Defeated is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defeated Dixon Springs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Dixon Springs is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs Difficult (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Difficult is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
Cannon County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Auburntown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Auburntown is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
Gassaway (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Gassaway is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway Woods (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Woods is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Woodbury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Thomas Town ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Thomas Town is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town Bluewing (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Bluewing is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing Manus Town ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Manus Town is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town Burt (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Burt is located in Cannon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Jenkins Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Jenkins Village is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Village Hermitage Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Hermitage Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Springs DeKalb County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Alexandria (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Temperance Hall (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
Dowelltown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Liberty (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Liberty is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
Youngblood ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Youngblood is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood Philippi (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Philippi is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philippi Smithville (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Johnsons Chapel (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Johnsons Chapel is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Chapel Young Bend (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Young Bend is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Bend Estimated population in 2014: 279 people
Bear Branch ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Bear Branch is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Nameless (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Nameless is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless Rough Point (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Rough Point is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Point Mayfield ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Mayfield is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Haydenburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Haydenburg is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenburg Gainesboro (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
North Springs (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
North Springs is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springs Columbus Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Columbus Hill is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
Whitleyville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Whitleyville is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitleyville Dodson Branch (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Dodson Branch is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Branch Population from the 2010 Census: 1,074 people
Burristown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Burristown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burristown Macon County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Gibbs Crossroads (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Gibbs Crossroads is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Crossroads Meadorville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Meadorville is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadorville Mill Town (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Mill Town is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town Green Grove (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Green Grove is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove Lafayette (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Frog Pond (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Frog Pond is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Pond Red Boiling Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Walnut Shade (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Walnut Shade is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade Siloam (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Siloam is located in Macon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Overton County
Duncan's Chapel ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Duncan's Chapel is located in Overton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan's Chapel Putnam County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Pekin ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Pekin is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin Estimated population in 2014: 2,114 people
Lafayette (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Lafayette is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Estimated population in 2014: 4,962 people
Boma (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Boma is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boma Baxter (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Burton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Burton is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Boiling Springs (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Boiling Springs is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs Ditty (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Ditty is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditty Huntland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Huntland is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntland Estimated population in 2014: 860 people
Burgess (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Burgess is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess Cookeville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Southtown Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Southtown Village is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southtown Village Park Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Park Village is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Avoton ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Avoton is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoton Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Milton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Milton is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Readyville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Compton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Compton is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton Walter Hill Estates (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Walterhill is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walterhill Fairfield Estates (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Fairfield Estates is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 131 people
Kittrell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Kittrell is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell Murphree (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Murphree is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
Jamestown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Jamestown is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
Leanna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Leanna is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna Colonial Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Sumner County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Castalian Springs (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Chipman (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Chipman is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipman Rogana (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Rogana is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogana Bethpage (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bledsoe (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bledsoe is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe Bransford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bransford is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford Population from the 2010 Census: 170 people
Trousdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Trousdale is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale Gallatin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Westmoreland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Trousdale County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Johntown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Johntown is located in Trousdale County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown Hartsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Lucky (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lucky is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Dibrell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Dibrell is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibrell Gath (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Gath is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath Daylight (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Daylight is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls White County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Peeled Chestnut (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Peeled Chestnut is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Chestnut Fanchers Mills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Fanchers Mills is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanchers Mills Drop ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Drop is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop Macedonia (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Macedonia is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Darkey Springs (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Darkey Springs is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkey Springs Pollard ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Pollard is located in White County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Commerce (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Commerce is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce Saulsbury (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Saulsbury is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury Estimated population in 2014: 96 people
Watertown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Linwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Linwood is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Cottage Home (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Cottage Home is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Home Estimated population in 2014: 88 people
Round Top (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Round Top is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top Statesville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Statesville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville Greenwood (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Greenwood is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Centerville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Centerville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 people
Doaks Crossroads (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
Doaks Lebanon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Cainsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Cainsville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville Possum Town (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Possum Town is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Middleton, see our County-by-County Page for Old Middleton .
Cemeteries Near Old Middleton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Middleton.
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 Old Middleton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Middleton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
Bransford Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Ducktown Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Baird Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
McDonald Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Wilkerson Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Bradford Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Denny Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Moore Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Rollins Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Agee Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Davis Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Phillips Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Continue List (791 more) ...
Baird Memorial Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Gordonsville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Coffee Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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 Old Middleton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Middleton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Middleton, with the one closest to Old Middleton listed first.
New Middleton (Less than 2 miles to the west)
New Middleton is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Middleton Sykes (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Sykes is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykes Hickman (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Hickman is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman Gordonsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Bluff Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Bluff Creek is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
Brush Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Brush Creek is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek Grant (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Grant is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Stonewall (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Stonewall is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Jennings ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Jennings is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Commerce (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Commerce is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce Elmwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Elmwood is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Carthage (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (18 more) ...
Alexandria (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Rome (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Rome is located in Smith County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome Temperance Hall (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Middleton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Middleton .
Newspapers Published in Old Middleton ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Middleton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Middleton, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Old Middleton.
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 helpful 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 Old Middleton:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Smith County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cannon County Clay County DeKalb County Jackson County Macon County Overton County Putnam County Rutherford County Sumner County Trousdale County Warren County White County Wilson County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Old Middleton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Smith County: https://smithcotn.com/
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. 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- Old Middleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Old Middleton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.