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 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 southwest 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 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.
Pleasant Grove is located in Maury 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 Maury County: Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall & Williamson.
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:
- Maury 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.
- Culleoka
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Scribner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Philadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Broadview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Southport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Leftwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Columbia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Graymere Manor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Scotts Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 983 people
- Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Screamer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Ashwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashwood is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Palmetto
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Whitaker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Unionville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Longview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Shelbyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vannatta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Lynnville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bufords
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Olivet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Campbellsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Trigg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Liberty Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Powell Chapel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Wales
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Gordon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Pulaski
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bodenham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Weakley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Duck River
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Primm Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Littlelot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Swan Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swan Bluff is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Bluff
- Tottys Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Webber City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Ethridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Prospect
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Henryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Flatwoods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Park Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Lawrenceburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fall River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Leoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boonshill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Hughey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Dellrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Harms
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Pearl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Globe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- South Berlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Lewisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cochran
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Cornersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Verona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Yell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Anes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Oak Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Caney Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Allisona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Eagleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Spring Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Duplex
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Thompson's Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <1>
- Burwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Harpeth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- Peytonsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Parry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- College Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leipers Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Southall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Arrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
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.
- Ballanfant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Johnson-Amis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson-Amis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson-Amis Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Culleoka.
- The Johnson-Amis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amis Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166174 <2>
- Friendship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friendship Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Culleoka.
- The Friendship Cemetery has also been known as:
- Culleoka Cemetery
- Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145026 <2>
- Fitzspatrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Culleoka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15763 <2>
- Fountain Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Booker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Booker Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Culleoka.
- The Booker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Merrit H. Booker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9464 <2>
- Amis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Amis Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Culleoka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8604 <2>
- Cohea Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohea Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cohea Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Culleoka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10670 <2>
- Redding Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- David Wells Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Wells Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the David Wells Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Culleoka.
- The David Wells Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wells Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20078 <2>
- Shaw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shaw Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Culleoka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18361 <2>
- Continue List (1639 more) ...
- Winn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Winn Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Culleoka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20466 <2>
- Sewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sewell Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Culleoka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18281 <2>
- Wilkes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilkes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Culleoka.
- The Wilkes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Camping Ground Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145431 <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 in 1895, Pleasant Grove had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Culleoka
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stiversville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stiversville is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiversville
- Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Mooresville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mooresville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Bryant Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bryant Station is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Station
- Bigbyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bigbyville is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbyville
- Silver Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Broadview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Southport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Lynnville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bivens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bivens is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivens
- Globe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Yokley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yokley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yokley
- South Berlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Leftwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
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 54 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 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Maury County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Giles County
- Hickman County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Rutherford County
- Williamson 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 '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'. |
| <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 Pleasant Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |