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 Pittsburg Landing (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 Pittsburg Landing. 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.
Name Variations for Pittsburg Landing ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pittsburg Landing: Pittsburg Lndg. (or less commonly used: Pittsburg Lndng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pittsburg Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pittsburg Landing.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Pittsburg Landing is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Lauderdale (AL), Tishomingo (MS), Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Pittsburg Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pittsburg Landing:
- Hardin County (The home county of Pittsburg Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(Less than 2 miles 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
- Shiloh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Nixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Crump
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nash Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Pyburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Savannah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Meade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- New Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Milledgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Enville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Sweet Lips
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Masseyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Jacks Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Silerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silerton is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Dunbar
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Scotts Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Essary Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Hornsby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hornsby is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Sardis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Reagan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Town is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Town
- Middle Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- McNairy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Stantonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Adamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tulu
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Michie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caffey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Purdy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Leapwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Eastview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Guys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Falcon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Selmer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bethel Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Lutts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clifton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Cypress Inn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Riverton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Waterloo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Farmington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Corinth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Glens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Glen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Searcy Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Allentown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Biggersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Kossuth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jacinto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Rienzi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Hightown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Short
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Burnsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Iuka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Oldham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Holcut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pittsburg Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Pittsburg Landing.
Cemeteries Near Pittsburg Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pittsburg Landing.
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 Pittsburg Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pittsburg Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Shiloh National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18448 <2>
- Phillips Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Worley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hatley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ledbetter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dollar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Perkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (740 more) ...
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Turner Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Shiloh.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19569 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pittsburg Landing had a population of 78 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pittsburg Landing, with the one closest to Pittsburg Landing listed first.
- Hurley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hurley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Hamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Nixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Maddox
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maddox is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Stantonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Savannah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Michie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Economy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Economy is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Caffey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sibley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Morris Chapel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Morris Chapel is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Chapel
- Gravel Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pittsburg Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pittsburg Landing.
Newspapers Published in Pittsburg Landing ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pittsburg Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pittsburg Landing, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pittsburg Landing.
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 websites either 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 Pittsburg Landing:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Decatur County
- Hardeman County
- Henderson County
- McNairy County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Tishomingo 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> | 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pittsburg Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pittsburg Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |