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 Pollards Mill (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 Pollards Mill. 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 Pollards Mill ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Pollards Mill: Pollards Ml. (or less commonly used: Pollards Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Pollards Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Pollards Mill may originally have been Pollard's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Pollards Mill might be written as Pollard Mill.
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 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.
Pollards Mill 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 Pollards Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pollards Mill:
- Hardin County (The home county of Pollards Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollards Mill, with the one closest to Pollards Mill listed first.
- Lowryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Bruton Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Pyburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Nixon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Nash Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Hamburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Belle Meade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollards Mill, with the one closest to Pollards Mill listed first.
- Milledgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Enville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollards Mill, with the one closest to Pollards Mill listed first.
- Dunbar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Pleasant Hill
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Henderson County
- Sardis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lawrence County
- Iron City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- McNairy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollards Mill, with the one closest to Pollards Mill listed first.
- Tulu
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Michie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stantonville
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Caffey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Eastview
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Leapwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Purdy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Falcon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Ramer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Selmer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollards Mill, with the one closest to Pollards Mill listed first.
- Lutts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Inn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Collinwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Clifton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Waynesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corning ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollards Mill, with the one closest to Pollards Mill listed first.
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Cherokee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bishop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Red Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollards Mill, with the one closest to Pollards Mill listed first.
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Threet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Cloverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- McGee Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Zip City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Cypress Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Pruitton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Jacksonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Mars Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollards Mill, with the one closest to Pollards Mill listed first.
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Glens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Glen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Corinth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jacinto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Searcy Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Biggersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollards Mill, with the one closest to Pollards Mill listed first.
- Short
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Iuka
(17 miles [27.4 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 <2>
- Oldham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Burnsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Holcut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Paden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pollards Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Pollards Mill.
Cemeteries Near Pollards Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pollards Mill.
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 Pollards Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pollards Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pollards Mill, with the one closest to Pollards Mill listed first.
- Hollands Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Faint Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hitchcock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hitchcock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cossey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stout Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (770 more) ...
- Cantrell - Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Roundtop Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whites Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Pollards Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pollards Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pollards Mill, with the one closest to Pollards Mill listed first.
- Lowryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Stout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stout is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Gillises Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gillises Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillises Mills
- Short
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maddox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maddox is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Nixon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Riverton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Wright
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wright is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lutts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherford ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Weatherford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherford
- Hamburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pollards Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pollards Mill.
Newspapers Published in Pollards Mill ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pollards Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pollards Mill, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pollards Mill.
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 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 Pollards Mill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Decatur County
- Henderson County
- Lawrence County
- McNairy County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Tishomingo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pollards Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pollards Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |