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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 Phillips (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 Phillips. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Phillips 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 Phillips. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Phillips:
Davidson County (The home county of Phillips)
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Oak Hill (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Oak Hill is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
Whispering Hills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Whispering Hills is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills Paragon Mills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Paragon Mills is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills Berry Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Berry Hill is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
Green Hills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Green Hills is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
Forest Hills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Forest Hills is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
Antioch (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Dog Town ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Dog Town was located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town Belle Meade (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Belle Meade is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
Wrencoe (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Wrencoe is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe Nashville - Davidson (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Nashville - Davidson is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville - Davidson Estimated population in 2019: 670,820 people
Nashville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Cheatham County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Doziers ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Doziers was located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
Pegram (15 miles [24.1 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
Marrowbone (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Lillamay (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Lillamay is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay Kingston Springs (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Bearwallow (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Westeria ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Westeria was located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria Ashland City (21 miles [33.8 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
Bell Town (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Bell Town is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town Sycamore (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Sycamore is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Lockertsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
Pleasant View (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Dickson County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
White Bluff (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Spencers Mill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill Bellsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bellsburg is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg 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 Abiff (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Abiff is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff Burns (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Marshall County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Holts Corner (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Holts Corner is located in Marshall County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner Chapel Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Maury County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
New Town (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
New Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Theta (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Theta is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta Jameson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Jameson is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson Carters Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Carters Creek is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek Fly (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Fly is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly New Hope (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
New Hope is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
Hill Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Hill Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town Mowd ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Mowd was located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd New Flys Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
New Flys Village is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village Santa Fe (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Robertson County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Hygeia Springs (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs Crunk (25 miles [40.2 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 (25 miles [40.2 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 (26 miles [41.8 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Sandy Springs (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Flewellyn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Flewellyn is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn Oakland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Oakland is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Springfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
La Vergne (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Morrow (12 miles [19.3 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 (13 miles [20.9 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Murphree (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Murphree is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
Colonial Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Patterson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Patterson is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Snell ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Snell was located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
Allisona (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Allisona is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona Jamestown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
Leanna (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Leanna is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna Eagleville (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Sumner County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Driftwood Park (15 miles [24.1 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hendersonville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Shackle Island (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Shackle Island is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
Millersville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Ocana (24 miles [38.6 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(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Station Camp was located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Camp Gallatin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Cottontown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Grove (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Trousdale (30 miles [48.3 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 Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Brentwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Wildwood Estates (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Wildwood Estates is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 1,098 people
Lynnwood Downs (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
Clovercroft (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Clovercroft is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft Nolensville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Berrys Chapel Heights (9 miles [14.5 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
McEwen ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
McEwen was located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
Forest Home (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Old Town ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Old Town was located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Franklin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Arrington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Parry (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Parry is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Rural Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Rural Hill is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill Lynn Christie (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
Mount Juliet (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Belinda City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Belinda City is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City Gladeville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Beckwith (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Beckwith is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith Leeville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Leeville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville Laguardo (24 miles [38.6 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Possum Town is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town Lebanon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Cainsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Cainsville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Phillips, see our County-by-County Page for Phillips .
Cemeteries Near Phillips ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Phillips.
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 Phillips - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Phillips covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Johnson Chapel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Waller Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Daniel Carmack Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Barnes Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Woodlawn Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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 Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Baker Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Whitsett Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Green Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Hamor Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
King Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Greenwood Cemetery West (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Continue List (1363 more) ...
Mt. Ararat Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Nashville City Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Crockett Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Cemetery The Crockett Cemetery has also been known as:
Andrew Crockett Cemetery
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 Phillips in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Phillips.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Oglesby (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Oglesby is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby Paragon Mills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Paragon Mills is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills Brentwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Glencliff (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Glencliff is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencliff Beachville ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Beachville was located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachville Callender ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Callender was located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender Wrencoe (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Wrencoe is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe Antioch (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Wilkerson ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Wilkerson was located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson Carpenters ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Carpenters was located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Nashville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Grassland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Grassland is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland Continue List (15 more) ...
Una (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Una is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una West Nashville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
West Nashville is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nashville Brooklin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Brooklin is also located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Phillips. See our List of 1890's Communities around Phillips .
Newspapers Published in Phillips ...
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 361 newspapers that have been published in the area around Phillips.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Phillips, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Phillips.
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 Phillips:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Davidson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cheatham County Dickson County Marshall County Maury 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 Phillips. 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 Phillips, 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- Phillips) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.