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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 Pleasant Grove (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 Pleasant Grove. 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 Pleasant Grove ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pleasant Grove: Pleasant Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Grove.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Pleasant Grove is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Jackson (AL), Madison (AL), Coffee, Grundy, Lincoln, Marion & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove:
- Franklin County (The home county of Pleasant Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Winchester Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Estill Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Winchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garner Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Decherd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Lexie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Greenhaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Cowan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beans Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Huntland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Raus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Willow Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Cascade Hollow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cortner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shelbyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Buckle
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Whitaker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Vannatta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Cannon County
- Hollow Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Southgate Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Tullahoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Homaway Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Belmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Ruthledge Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Royal Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Manchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Busy Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- New Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Forest Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Pelham
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Monteagle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Tracy City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lankford Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Coalmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Altamont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Gattistown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Booneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Flintville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Corder Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Belleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Clarks Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Elk Mill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Howell Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Fayetteville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Park City Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Comfort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Orme
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Greentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Talley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Belfast
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Delina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Ridgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Countyline
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rutherford County
- Plainview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Viola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Francisco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Estillfork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Hytop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Baileytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Princeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- New Market
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Key's Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Grove.
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 Pleasant Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Center Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Poe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Womack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Awalt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pennington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hudgins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Little Hurricane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Winchester Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1319 more) ...
- Hunt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pylant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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 Pleasant Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Awalt ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Awalt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Awalt
- Estill Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Tullahoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Winchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Decherd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Belvidere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Countyline
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lexie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Belmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Normandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Maxwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Maxwell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Cowan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smithland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smithland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Grove ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Grove, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Grove.
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 Pleasant Grove:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Warren County
- Jackson County
- Madison 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> | 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 Pleasant Grove, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |