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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 Riggs Crossroads (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 Riggs Crossroads. 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 Riggs Crossroads ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Riggs Crossroads: Riggs Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Riggs Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Riggs Crossroads may originally have been Rigg's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Riggs Crossroads might be written as Rigg Crossroads.
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 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.
Riggs Crossroads is located in Williamson 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 Williamson County: Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Marshall, Maury & Rutherford.
Below are the counties that are near Riggs Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riggs Crossroads:
- Williamson County (The home county of Riggs Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggs Crossroads, with the one closest to Riggs Crossroads listed first.
- College Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Peytonsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Duplex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Arrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Harpeth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- Thompson's Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <2>
- Spring Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Clovercroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Parry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Nolensville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Burwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggs Crossroads, with the one closest to Riggs Crossroads listed first.
- Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Longview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Vannatta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Palmetto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Whitaker
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Shelbyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Buckle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wartrace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Cortner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Normandy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Raus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Cannon County
- Bradyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggs Crossroads, with the one closest to Riggs Crossroads listed first.
- Beechgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gossburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggs Crossroads, with the one closest to Riggs Crossroads listed first.
- Wrencoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Antioch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rural Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rural Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,007 people
- Whispering Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
- Forest Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
- Paragon Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills
- Nashboro Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nashboro Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashboro Village
- Priest Lake Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Priest Lake Park is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priest Lake Park
- Green Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Green Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
- Linton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Belle Meade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Belle Meade is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
- Bellevue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggs Crossroads, with the one closest to Riggs Crossroads listed first.
- Lynnville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trigg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Lincoln County
- Petersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggs Crossroads, with the one closest to Riggs Crossroads listed first.
- Holts Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Caney Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Anes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Verona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Berlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- South Berlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Oak Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Lewisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Belfast
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Cochran
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Orrs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Globe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggs Crossroads, with the one closest to Riggs Crossroads listed first.
- New Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Leftwich
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Carters Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Carters Creek is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek
- Jameson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Scribner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- New Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
- Theta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Culleoka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Graymere Manor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Ben ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ben is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggs Crossroads, with the one closest to Riggs Crossroads listed first.
- Allisona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Eagleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Patterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Midland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Snell ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- Rucker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Plainview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Murfreesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Burns Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Colonial Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Smyrna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dillton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Wilson County
- Rural Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rural Hill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riggs Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Riggs Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Riggs Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riggs Crossroads.
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 Riggs Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riggs Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riggs Crossroads, with the one closest to Riggs Crossroads listed first.
- Riggs Crossroads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ezell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Eady Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brittain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hughes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Henderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beasley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1989 more) ...
- Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kelley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fuqua Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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 Riggs Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riggs Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riggs Crossroads, with the one closest to Riggs Crossroads listed first.
- Holts Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Allisona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Beasley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beasley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Eagleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thick is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thick
- College Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arno is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
- Rover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rover is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Bethesda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethesda is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Caney Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Rally Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rally Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Versailles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Versailles is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
- Peytonsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riggs Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riggs Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Riggs Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Williamson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Davidson County
- Giles County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Rutherford County
- Wilson 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 Riggs Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |