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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 Only (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 Only. 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.

Only is located in Hickman 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 Hickman County: Dickson, Humphreys, Lewis, Maury, Perry & Williamson.

Below are the counties that are near Only. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Only:

  • Hickman County     (The home county of Only)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Only, with the one closest to Only listed first.
    • Whitehouse
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
    • Whitfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Salt Lick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
      • Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
    • Graham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Nunnelly
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Pleasantville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Centerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hornertown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hornertown is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornertown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
    • Graytown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Graytown is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
    • Aetna
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Swan Bluff
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tottys Bend
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Only, with the one closest to Only listed first.
    • Coxburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Wildlife Cove Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Brevards Ferry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
    • Chaseville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Camden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Crossroads
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Crossroads is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
    • Sandy Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Decatur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Only, with the one closest to Only listed first.
    • Oakview ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Oakview is located in Decatur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
    • Sugar Tree
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jeannette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Mount Lebanon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
      • Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
    • Parsons
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Decaturville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dickson County
  • Henderson County
    • Poplar Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Only, with the one closest to Only listed first.
    • Omega ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Omega is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
    • Magnolia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Humphreys County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Only, with the one closest to Only listed first.
    • Grandmother Ford
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
    • Buffalo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hurricane Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bakerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethpage
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
    • Waverly
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Plant
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • McEwen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Pigeon Roost
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
    • Hustburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • New Johnsonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Trinity
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Trinity is located in Humphreys County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
      • Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
  • Lewis County
  • Maury County
  • Perry County
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Only, with the one closest to Only listed first.
    • Ashland Ford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
    • Slickrock Ford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 179 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Only, see our County-by-County Page for Only.

Cemeteries Near Only ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Only.

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 Only - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Only covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Only, with the one closest to Only listed first.

  • McClanahan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • King Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Wilkins Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Murphree Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Lowe Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Pruett Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackwell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Shanes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sparks Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Potter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (963 more) ...
    • Blackwell Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Wolf Creek Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Blackwell Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Only had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Only, with the one closest to Only listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Only. See our List of 1890's Communities around Only.

Newspapers Published in Only ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Only.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Only, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Only.

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 Only:

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>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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Only, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Only) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.