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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 Richardsons (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 Richardsons. 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 Richardsons ...
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.
While the name of this community is Richardsons, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Richardsons may originally have been Richardson's.
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.
Richardsons is located in Tipton 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 Tipton County: Crittenden (AR), Mississippi (AR), Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Richardsons. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richardsons:
- Tipton County (The home county of Richardsons)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons, with the one closest to Richardsons listed first.
- Randolph
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Drummonds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilt Edge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Wilkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Detroit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Munford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burlison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Corona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Walnut Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Atoka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brighton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Garland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Bride
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons, with the one closest to Richardsons listed first.
- Braden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gallaway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Withe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons, with the one closest to Richardsons listed first.
- Fredonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons, with the one closest to Richardsons listed first.
- Fulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Ashport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Glimp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Luckett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Henning
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Arp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Durhamville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Ripley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons, with the one closest to Richardsons listed first.
- Cuba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Millington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rosemark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Lucy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Giles Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Woodstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Spring Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Bartlett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Binghampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Hunt Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Craighead County (AR)
- Caraway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons, with the one closest to Richardsons listed first.
- Turrell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Clarkedale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Jericho
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- James Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Heafer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Mound City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Sunset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
- West Memphis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poindexter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Crawfordsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons, with the one closest to Richardsons listed first.
- Wilson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Driver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Marie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Bassett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Joiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Bardstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Osceola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <2>
- Keiser
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Frenchmans Bayou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Dyess
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dyess is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyess
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyess <2>
- Luxora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Denwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Athelstan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Poinsett County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons, with the one closest to Richardsons listed first.
- Alto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Lepanto
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tyronza
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rivervale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Black Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Marked Tree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richardsons, see our County-by-County Page for Richardsons.
Cemeteries Near Richardsons ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richardsons.
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 Richardsons - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richardsons covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richardsons, with the one closest to Richardsons listed first.
- Nodena Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poplar Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Drummonds.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17322 <3>
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Randolph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Randolph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Campground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dickens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jacob Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ravenscroft Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Golden Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Quito Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (318 more) ...
- St. Marks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Adams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Richardsons in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richardsons.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richardsons, with the one closest to Richardsons listed first.
- Randolph
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Drummonds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nodena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nodena is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodena
- Pecan Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
- Quito
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Quito is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quito
- Golden Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake
- Gilt Edge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Fulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Munford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Detroit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Corona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Tipton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Burlison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sans Souci
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sans Souci is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
- Shawnee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shawnee is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richardsons. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richardsons.
Newspapers Published in Richardsons ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richardsons.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richardsons, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richardsons.
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 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 Richardsons:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Tipton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Shelby County
- Craighead County
- Crittenden County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Richardsons, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Richardsons) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |