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 Prairie Plains (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 Prairie Plains. 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 Prairie Plains ...
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 Prairie Plains: Prairie Plns.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Prairie Plains. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prairie Plains.
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.
Prairie Plains is located in Coffee 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 Coffee County: Bedford, Cannon, Franklin, Grundy, Moore, Rutherford & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Prairie Plains. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prairie Plains:
- Coffee County (The home county of Prairie Plains)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Ruthledge Ford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Hillsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stephenson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Winton Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Royal Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Manchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Southgate Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Tullahoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Homaway Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Cascade Hollow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cortner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Willow Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Raus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Haley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Buckle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shelbyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Burgen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Bradyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Bluewing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Burt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Greenhaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Sewanee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Switch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Estill Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Marys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Decherd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Winchester Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Winchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Sal City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Garner Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Pelham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Monteagle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sartain Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Altamont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coalmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Lankford Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- White City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Gruetli
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Gruetli - Laager
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Beersheba Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Palmer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Gattistown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Booneville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Greentown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Comfort
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Orme
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Richard City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Richard City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- South Pittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Condra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Condra is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condra
- Powells Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people
- New Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Ridgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Countyline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Cartwright
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
- Daus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Van Buren County
- Chalybeate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Viola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Trousdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Smyrna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- Centertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- McMinnville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shellsford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Daylight
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Copenhagen ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Copenhagen is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Francisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Hytop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Bridgeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
- Former name for Bridgeport:
- Jonesville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
- Long Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Long Island is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prairie Plains, see our County-by-County Page for Prairie Plains.
Cemeteries Near Prairie Plains ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prairie Plains.
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 Prairie Plains - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prairie Plains covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Nevill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wileman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Campbell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tate Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Austell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Floyd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sheid Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (982 more) ...
- Cash Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New Brick Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Camp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Prairie Plains had a population of 49 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Prairie Plains, with the one closest to Prairie Plains listed first.
- Hillsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alto
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Pelham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sewanee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Estill Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monteagle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Decherd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cowan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Winchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tracy City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Altamont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tullahoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Viola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prairie Plains. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prairie Plains.
Newspapers Published in Prairie Plains ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Plains.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prairie Plains, 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 Prairie Plains.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Prairie Plains:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Coffee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Moore County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- Warren County
- Jackson 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 Prairie Plains, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Prairie Plains) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |