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 Richland (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 Richland. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Richland is located in Davidson 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 Davidson County : Cheatham , Robertson , Rutherford , Sumner , Williamson & Wilson .
Below are the counties that are near Richland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richland:
Davidson County (The home county of Richland)
The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
Belle Meade (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Belle Meade is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
Nashville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Green Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Green Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
Watkins ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Watkins is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Nashville - Davidson (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Nashville - Davidson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville - Davidson Estimated population in 2019: 670,820 people
Berry Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Berry Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
Forest Hills (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Forest Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
Oak Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Oak Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
East Nashville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
East Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nashville Bellevue (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Dog Town ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Dog Town is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town Cheatham County
The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
Doziers ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Doziers is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
Marrowbone (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Lillamay (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Lillamay is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay Pegram (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Pegram is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
Bearwallow (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Westeria ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Westeria is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria Ashland City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Ashland City is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
Kingston Springs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Sycamore (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Sycamore is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Bell Town (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Bell Town is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town Lockertsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
Pleasant View (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Dickson County
The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
White Bluff (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Bellsburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Bellsburg is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg White Oak Flat (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat Spencers Mill (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill Burns (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Charlotte (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Stayton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Stayton is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton Abiff (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Abiff is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff Pomona (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Pomona is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona Tidwell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Tidwell is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell Dickson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Hickman County
Bon Aqua Junction (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
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
Maury County
The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
New Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
New Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Theta (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Theta is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta Jameson (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Jameson is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson Fly (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Fly is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Hill Town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Hill Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town New Flys Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
New Flys Village is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
Oak Plains (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains Fredonia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Fredonia is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia Southside (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Woodford ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Woodford is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford McAllisters Crossroads (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Robertson County
The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
Coopertown (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Coopertown is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
Crunk (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Crunk is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
Hygeia Springs (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs Greenbrier (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Greenbrier is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
Sandy Springs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Flewellyn (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Flewellyn is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn Oakland (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Oakland is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Springfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
White House (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Calistia (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Calistia is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia Stroudville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Stroudville is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville Jernigan Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
La Vergne (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Morrow (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Morrow is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
Jefferson Pike (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
Smyrna (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Murphree (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Murphree is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
Colonial Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Patterson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Patterson is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Snell ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Snell is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
Jamestown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
Leanna (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Leanna is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna Allisona (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Allisona is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona Walter Hill Estates (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Walter Hill Estates is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter Hill Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 401 people
Sumner County
The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
Driftwood Park (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
Goodlettsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hendersonville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Millersville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Shackle Island (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Shackle Island is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
Ocana (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Ocana is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocana Estimated population in 2014: 1,086 people
Station Camp ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Station Camp is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Camp Walnut Grove (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cottontown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Gallatin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Johnsons Crossroads (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Johnsons Crossroads is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Crossroads Hall Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Hall Town is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
Williamson County
The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
Wildwood Estates (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Wildwood Estates is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 1,098 people
Brentwood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Old Town ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Old Town is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Berrys Chapel Heights (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
Forest Home (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Lynnwood Downs (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
McEwen ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
McEwen is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
Franklin (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Clovercroft (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Clovercroft is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft Nolensville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Southall (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Southall is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall Fernvale (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Fernvale is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
Lynn Christie (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
Rural Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Rural Hill is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill Mount Juliet (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Belinda City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Belinda City is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City Beckwith (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Beckwith is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith Gladeville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Leeville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Leeville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville Laguardo (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Laguardo is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
Possum Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Possum Town is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richland, see our County-by-County Page for Richland .
Cemeteries Near Richland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richland.
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 Richland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
Bordeaux Gardens Park (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Cedar Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery The Cedar Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
Cedar Grove MB Cemetery St. Cecilia Convent Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Temple Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Cemetery The Temple Cemetery has also been known as:
Temple Ohabai Sholom Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19274 <2>
Potters Field (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Hills of Calvary Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Gower Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Nashville City Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Woodlawn Memorial Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Memorial Park The Woodlawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Roesch Patton Memorial Park Greenwood Cemetery West (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Mt. Ararat Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Continue List (1305 more) ...
Calvary Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Nashville . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10082 <2>
Whitsett Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Greenwood Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Richland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
West Nashville (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
West Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nashville Jordonia (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Jordonia is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordonia Watkins ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Watkins is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Nashville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Beachville ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Beachville is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachville East Nashville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
East Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nashville Whites Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Paragon Mills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills Glencliff (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Glencliff is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencliff Maplewood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Maplewood is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Morny (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Morny is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny Grassland (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Grassland is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland Continue List (13 more) ...
Oglesby (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Oglesby is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby Wilkerson ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Wilkerson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson Donelson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Donelson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donelson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richland .
Newspapers Published in Richland ...
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 363 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richland, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Richland.
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 Richland:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Davidson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cheatham County Dickson County Hickman County Maury County Montgomery County Robertson County Rutherford County Sumner County Williamson County Wilson County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Richland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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- Richland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Richland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.