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 Hill (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 Hill. 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 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.
Pleasant Hill is located in Rutherford 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 Rutherford County: Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, Marshall, Williamson & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill:
- Rutherford County (The home county of Pleasant Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Patterson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Snell ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- Allisona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Midland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Rucker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Murfreesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Burns Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Plainview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Leanna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leanna is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Longview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Unionville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vannatta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Bell Buckle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Shelbyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Whitaker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Wartrace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Cortner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Cascade Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Bradyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burgen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Hollow Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Woodbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Auburntown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Auburntown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Gossburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Beechgrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Busy Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Wrencoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Antioch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rural Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rural Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,007 people
- Whispering Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
- Nashboro Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Nashboro Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashboro Village
- Paragon Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills
- Priest Lake Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Priest Lake Park is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priest Lake Park
- Oak Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
- Forest Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
- Berry Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Berry Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Dog Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Belle Meade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Meade is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Holts Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Chapel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Anes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Verona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Berlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Oak Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- South Berlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Belfast
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Lewisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orrs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Cochran
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- New Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Leftwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Carters Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Carters Creek is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek
- Philadelphia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Jameson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Theta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Columbia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- New Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
- Scribner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Culleoka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graymere Manor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- College Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Arrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peytonsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Nolensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Duplex
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Harpeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- Clovercroft
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Parry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Thompson's Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Brentwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- McEwen ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- McEwen is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Rural Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rural Hill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Cainsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cainsville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Gladeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lynn Christie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie
- Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
- Belinda City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Belinda City is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City
- Mount Juliet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beckwith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Beckwith is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Leeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leeville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
- Doaks Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Pleasant Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill.
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 Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Manire Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jackson Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Burns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Haley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Downing Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Owen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bennett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (1873 more) ...
- Carson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Scott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ralston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Pleasant Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Patterson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Eagleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Versailles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Versailles is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
- College Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Allisona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Snell ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- Rover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rover is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Link
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Link is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Triune
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Triune is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triune
- Almaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Almaville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almaville
- Holts Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Beasley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beasley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Overall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Overall is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Crescent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Crescent is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Hill ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Hill, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Hill.
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 Hill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Rutherford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Davidson County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Williamson County
- Wilson 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> | 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 Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pleasant Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |