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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Riley Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Riley Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Riley Creek, 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 Riley Creek (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 Riley Creek. 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 Riley Creek ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Riley Creek: Riley Crk. (or less commonly used: Riley Ck. or Riley Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Riley Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Riley Creek.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Riley Creek is historic, it would have been located within present day Coffee 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 Coffee County: Bedford, Cannon, Franklin, Grundy, Moore, Rutherford & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Riley Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riley Creek:
- Coffee County (The home county of Riley Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Busy Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Homaway Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Belmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Royal Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Tullahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Southgate Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Forest Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Beechgrove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gossburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Cascade Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cortner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Willow Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Haley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Raus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Bell Buckle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shelbyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Vannatta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Longview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Bradyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burgen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Bluewing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Estill Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Winchester Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Garner Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Decherd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Lexie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Cowan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sewanee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Sand Switch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Pelham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Monteagle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sartain Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Coalmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Tracy City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beersheba Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Lankford Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Booneville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Gattistown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Belleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Petersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Clarks Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Fayetteville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Corder Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Belfast
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Oak Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Talley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Chapel Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orrs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Holts Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Anes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Countyline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Lynchburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Plainview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Midland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Burns Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Rucker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Dillton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Kittrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Readyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Murfreesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Compton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Compton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Fairfield Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairfield Estates is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 131 people
- Eagleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Morrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Viola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Trousdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Centertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Daylight
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- McMinnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lucky
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lucky is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Smyrna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riley Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Riley Creek.
Cemeteries Near Riley Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riley Creek.
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 Riley Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riley Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Brandon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Huffman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Barton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Redden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Redden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hodge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Leming Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Neel Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (1583 more) ...
- Bly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Culley - Holt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.
While we didn't find Riley Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riley Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riley Creek, with the one closest to Riley Creek listed first.
- Normandy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cortner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Belmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Tullahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fairfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Noah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Noah is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Wartrace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Singleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Singleton is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
- Teal ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Holly ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holly is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bell Buckle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beechgrove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riley Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riley Creek.
Newspapers Published in Riley Creek ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riley Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riley Creek, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riley Creek.
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 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 Riley Creek:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Coffee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Warren 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 Riley Creek, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riley Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |