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 Prospect (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 Prospect. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Prospect is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Limestone (AL), Madison (AL), Bedford, Franklin, Giles, Marshall & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Prospect. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prospect:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Prospect)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Park City Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Howell Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Clarks Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Fayetteville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Camargo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Corder Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Elk Mill Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Molino
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Harms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Flintville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Pearl City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Whitaker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Raus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Palmetto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Shelbyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Cascade Hollow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Southgate Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Tullahoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Homaway Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Lexie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Huntland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Garner Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Beans Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Winchester Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Winchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Estill Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Decherd
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sal City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Wheelerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Ardmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elkmont Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dickson Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Pisgah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Trigg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Aymett Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Powell Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Prospect
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pulaski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Delina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Talley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Yell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Belfast
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Cornersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Orrs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- New Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Oak Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Cochran
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Lewisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Globe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Lynchburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Countyline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Colbert County (AL)
- Garner ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garner is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Francisco
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Princeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Estillfork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Hollytree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Baileytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Hytop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Trenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Ardmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Center Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Pettusville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Capshaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Elkmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Hay's Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Country Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Athens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Hazel Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Elkwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Hillsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- New Market
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Meridianville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Toney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Harvest
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jeff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jeff is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Chase
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chase is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Country Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Country Village is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prospect, see our County-by-County Page for Prospect.
Cemeteries Near Prospect ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prospect.
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 Prospect - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prospect covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Rowland Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stewart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wells Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Towry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- McGee - McCartney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Routt - Wells Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1445 more) ...
- Hanks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cole 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>
While we didn't find Prospect in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Prospect.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Fayetteville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Camargo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Lincoln
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Kelso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Molino
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Brighton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Harms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Fisk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fisk is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Flintville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Howell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Howell is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Key's Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Smithland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Smithland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
- Mulberry
(10 miles [16.1 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 Prospect. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prospect.
Newspapers Published in Prospect ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prospect.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prospect, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prospect.
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 helpful 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 Prospect:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Colbert County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Madison 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 Prospect, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prospect) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |