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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Redden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Redden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Redden, please Contact Us.
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 Redden (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 Redden. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Redden is historic, it would have been located within present day Dickson 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 Dickson County: Cheatham, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Redden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Redden:
- Dickson County (The home county of Redden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Pomona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Tidwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Dickson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abiff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Burns
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Spencers Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill
- Charlotte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- White Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vanleer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Benton County
- Brevards Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Bell Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Kingston Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pegram
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Lillamay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Ashland City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Cheap Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Neptune
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Lockertsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Marrowbone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Linton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Bellevue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
- Watkins ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Watkins is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Lyles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wrigley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Salt Lick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Nunnelly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Bon Aqua Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
- Whitehouse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Graytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tottys Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Littlelot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Primm Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Omega ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Erin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tennessee Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Magnolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Bethpage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- McEwen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grandmother Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Hurricane Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Buffalo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Pigeon Roost
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Trinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Bakerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Halls Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Plant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Hustburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Kimmins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Hohenwald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Fly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- New Flys Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Flys Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
- Chartersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chartersville is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartersville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,494 people
- Greenfield Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
- Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
- Hill Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
- Santa Fe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Arkland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arkland is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkland
- Chapel Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,461 people
- Sawdust
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sawdust is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
- Theta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- McAllisters Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Louise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Southside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oakridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Liverworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Lobelville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Stewart County
- Cumberland City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Fairview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Loriland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Loriland is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
- Fernvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fernvale is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
- Leipers Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Home
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forest Home is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Old Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Burwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Southall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Berrys Chapel Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Redden, see our County-by-County Page for Redden.
Cemeteries Near Redden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Redden.
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 Redden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Redden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Petty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Redden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Monk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wells Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meacham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chappell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bruce Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dodd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bruce Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Donegan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- O'Ferrell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1015 more) ...
- Vineyard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fielder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Christian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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.
While we didn't find Redden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Redden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Redden, with the one closest to Redden listed first.
- Pinewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pinewood is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
- Pomona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Rodemer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rodemer is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodemer
- Bon Aqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Iron Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Iron Hill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
- Tidwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Dickson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Lyles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abiff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Colesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colesburg is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vernon is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Nunnelly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Tennessee City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Burns
(8 miles [12.9 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 Redden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Redden.
Newspapers Published in Redden ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Redden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Redden, 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 Redden.
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 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 Redden:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Dickson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Lewis County
- Maury County
- Montgomery County
- Perry County
- Stewart County
- Williamson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Redden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Redden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |