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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 Quebeck (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 Quebeck. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Quebeck is located in White 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 White County: Cumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren & Warren.

Below are the counties that are near Quebeck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Quebeck:

  • White County     (The home county of Quebeck)
  • Bledsoe County
  • Cannon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quebeck, with the one closest to Quebeck listed first.
    • Woods
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Thomas Town ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
    • Bluewing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Manus Town ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Manus Town is located in Cannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
    • Gassaway
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Woodbury
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Auburntown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Auburntown is located in Cannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quebeck, with the one closest to Quebeck listed first.
    • Naola ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Naola is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
    • Winton Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Winton Town is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
  • Cumberland County
  • DeKalb County
  • Grundy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quebeck, with the one closest to Quebeck listed first.
    • Beersheba Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
    • Altamont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quebeck, with the one closest to Quebeck listed first.
    • Boiling Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Burton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Burgess
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Ditty
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Huntland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Huntland is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntland
      • Estimated population in 2014: 860 people
    • Burnett
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Burnett is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
      • Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
    • Southtown Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Southtown Village is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southtown Village
    • Boma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Baxter
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Cookeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • White Plains
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • White Plains is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
    • Park Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Park Village is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
    • Shennon Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Shennon Village is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennon Village
  • Smith County
  • Van Buren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quebeck, with the one closest to Quebeck listed first.
    • Bone Cave
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cummingsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Meade ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Meade is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
    • Laurelburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Spencer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sweetgum
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Sopha ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Sopha is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
    • Chalybeate
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
  • Warren County
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quebeck, with the one closest to Quebeck listed first.
    • Cottage Home
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cottage Home is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Home
      • Estimated population in 2014: 88 people
    • Round Top
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Quebeck, see our County-by-County Page for Quebeck.

Cemeteries Near Quebeck ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quebeck.

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 Quebeck - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Quebeck covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Quebeck, with the one closest to Quebeck listed first.

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, Quebeck had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Quebeck, with the one closest to Quebeck listed first.

  • Walling
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Rock Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bone Cave
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sparkman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sparkman is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman
  • Yateston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Yateston is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yateston
  • Caneridge ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Caneridge is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caneridge
  • Pollard ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pollard is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
  • Darkey Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Goodbars
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Goodbars is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbars
  • Cummingsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Meade ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Meade is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
  • Hillis ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillis is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillis
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Quebeck. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quebeck.

Newspapers Published in Quebeck ...

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 Quebeck.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Quebeck, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Quebeck.

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 Quebeck:

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 Quebeck, 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 from Point A (ie- Quebeck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.