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 Poplar 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 Poplar 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Poplar Hill is located in Giles 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 Giles County: Limestone (AL), Lawrence, Lincoln, Marshall & Maury.
Below are the counties that are near Poplar Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Poplar Hill:
- Giles County (The home county of Poplar Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Hill, with the one closest to Poplar Hill listed first.
- Prospect
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dickson Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Elkmont Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Ardmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Wheelerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Green Field
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Aymett Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Anthony Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Minor Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Hill, with the one closest to Poplar Hill listed first.
- Appleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- New Prospect
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Leoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Liberty Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Lawrenceburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Busby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Ethridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Loretto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rascal Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Flatwoods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Webber City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Hill, with the one closest to Poplar Hill listed first.
- Cash Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Dellrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Molino
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Pearl City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Boonshill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Camargo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Harms
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Hughey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Park City Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Hill, with the one closest to Poplar Hill listed first.
- Delina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Cornersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Yell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Talley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Cochran
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Globe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Lewisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Belfast
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Maury County
- Screamer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Colbert County (AL)
- Garner ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Garner is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Hill, with the one closest to Poplar Hill listed first.
- Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Anderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Confluence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Estep ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Cedar Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Corum ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Rogersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Lexington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dells Vista Shores
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Arkdell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Comer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Lawrence County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Hill, with the one closest to Poplar Hill listed first.
- Wheeler Dam Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Hillsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Hill, with the one closest to Poplar Hill listed first.
- Pettusville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Elkmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ardmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hay's Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Caro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Lester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Center Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,643 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <1>
- Cairo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Hill, with the one closest to Poplar Hill listed first.
- Elkwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Toney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harvest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Jeff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jeff is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Monrovia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Hazel Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Key's Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meridianville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Normal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Hill, with the one closest to Poplar Hill listed first.
- Decatur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Moulton Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Simpson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Trinity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Poplar Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Poplar Hill.
Cemeteries Near Poplar Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poplar 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 Poplar Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Poplar Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poplar Hill, with the one closest to Poplar Hill listed first.
- Polar Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Neely Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Whitfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kelly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Nelson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Simpson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harlow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Payne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Trotter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bridgforth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (1255 more) ...
- Potts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Daly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trotter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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 Poplar Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Poplar Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Poplar Hill, with the one closest to Poplar Hill listed first.
- Veto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Veto is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
- Lesters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lesters is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesters
- Pettusville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Elkton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Conway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Conway is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Bethel
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Elkmont Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Aspen Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Aspen Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Hill
- Harwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harwell is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwell
- Elkmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bryson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bryson is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Cash Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Bunker Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Poplar Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poplar Hill.
Newspapers Published in Poplar 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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poplar Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poplar Hill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poplar Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Poplar Hill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Giles County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Morgan 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 Poplar 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poplar Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |