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 Pottsville (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 Pottsville. 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 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 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.
Pottsville 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 Pottsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pottsville:
- Maury County (The home county of Pottsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottsville, with the one closest to Pottsville listed first.
- Leftwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- New Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Carters Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carters Creek is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek
- Scribner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Columbia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jameson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- New Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
- Culleoka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Graymere Manor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- Theta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottsville, with the one closest to Pottsville listed first.
- Unionville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Palmetto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Longview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Whitaker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Vannatta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Shelbyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Buckle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wartrace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottsville, with the one closest to Pottsville listed first.
- Wrencoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Linton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Forest Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Forest Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
- Whispering Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
- Antioch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottsville, with the one closest to Pottsville listed first.
- Lynnville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trigg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Bufords
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Campbellsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Olivet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Powell Chapel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Liberty Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wales
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottsville, with the one closest to Pottsville listed first.
- Primm Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Duck River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Littlelot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottsville, with the one closest to Pottsville listed first.
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Boonshill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Belleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Hughey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottsville, with the one closest to Pottsville listed first.
- Caney Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Anes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Chapel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Holts Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Verona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- South Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Lewisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cochran
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Globe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Oak Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Orrs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottsville, with the one closest to Pottsville listed first.
- Allisona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Eagleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Midland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Snell ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- Rucker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Plainview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Burns Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Murfreesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottsville, with the one closest to Pottsville listed first.
- Duplex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Spring Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harpeth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- Thompson's Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Peytonsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- College Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Parry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Arrington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Southall
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pottsville, see our County-by-County Page for Pottsville.
Cemeteries Near Pottsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pottsville.
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 Pottsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pottsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pottsville, with the one closest to Pottsville listed first.
- Lumsden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumsden Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lumsden Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Columbia and Chapel Hill. The cemetery lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of Columbia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14928 <4>
- Ring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shires Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Peay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peay Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peay Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of Columbia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #16954 <4>
- Billington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jacob Shires Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob Shires Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jacob Shires Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of Columbia.
- The Jacob Shires Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shires Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18468 <4>
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of Columbia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9816 <4>
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Williams Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of Columbia.
- Hardison - Wallace Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardison - Wallace Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hardison - Wallace Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of Columbia.
- The Hardison - Wallace Cemetery has also been known as:
- Feek Family Farm Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2551494 <4>
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Continue List (1859 more) ...
- Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mills Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of Columbia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15678 <4>
- Boyd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Boyd Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east of Columbia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9556 <4>
- Sharp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sharp Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east of Columbia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18330 <4>
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.<5>
While we didn't find Pottsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pottsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pottsville, with the one closest to Pottsville listed first.
- Hardison Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hardison Mill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardison Mill
- Rally Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rally Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
- Caney Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Lillard Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lillard Mill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillard Mill
- Lasea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lasea is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasea
- Leftwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Thick
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thick is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thick
- Kedron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kedron is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kedron
- Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Chapel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Duplex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Verona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rich Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rich Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Holts Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Bethesda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bethesda is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pottsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pottsville.
Newspapers Published in Pottsville ...
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 Pottsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pottsville, 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 Pottsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pottsville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Maury County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Davidson County
- Giles County
- Hickman 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Columbia and Chapel Hill. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | 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- Pottsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Pottsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |