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 Springs (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 Springs. 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 Poplar Springs ...
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 Poplar Springs: Poplar Spgs. (or less commonly used: Poplar Spngs. or Poplar Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Poplar Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Poplar Springs.
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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Poplar Springs is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin & Madison.
Below are the counties that are near Poplar Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Poplar Springs:
- Henderson County (The home county of Poplar Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Chesterfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Darden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Parkers Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lexington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Reagan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Huron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Middle Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- Rhodes Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodes Town is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Town
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Chaseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Coxburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Wildlife Cove Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Camden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brevards Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Clarksburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Anark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Bruceton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hollow Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Huntingdon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- McLemoresville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Hico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Lavinia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Whitthorne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- Trezevant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Mifflin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Jacks Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milledgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- 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 southwest)
- 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 Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Jeannette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Sugar Tree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Parsons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Decaturville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Scotts Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Dunbar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Saltillo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Johnson Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
- Swift
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Swift is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Spring Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- Manleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Only
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasantville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Hustburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- New Johnsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bakerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Plant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Buffalo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Grandmother Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Hurricane Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Roost
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Waverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Claybrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Spring Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Beardstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Lobelville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Linden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Flatwoods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Poplar Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Poplar Springs.
Cemeteries Near Poplar Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poplar Springs.
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 Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Poplar Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Beasley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Morgan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lester Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gulledge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hedge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brinkley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eubanks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mincey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hendrix Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gulledge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (721 more) ...
- Gibson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Milton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Poplar Springs had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Poplar Springs, with the one closest to Poplar Springs listed first.
- Morgan ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Morgan is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Bible Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bible Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Hill
- Jeannette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Holladay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Maple Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
- Chaseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Alberton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alberton is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberton
- McIllwain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McIllwain is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIllwain
- Dollar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dollar is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Sugar Tree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Chesterfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Darden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Beacon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beacon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Poplar Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poplar Springs.
Newspapers Published in Poplar Springs ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poplar Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poplar Springs, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poplar Springs.
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 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 Springs:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Chester County
- Decatur County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Humphreys County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Wayne 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 Poplar Springs, 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- Poplar Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |