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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Rockquarry. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rockquarry to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rockquarry, 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 Rockquarry (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 Rockquarry. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Rockquarry is historic, it would have been located within present day Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Lauderdale (AL), Giles, Lewis, Maury & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Rockquarry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rockquarry:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Rockquarry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockquarry, with the one closest to Rockquarry listed first.
- Henryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Webber City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Park Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Ethridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Flatwoods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Lawrenceburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Prospect
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Leoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Busby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Fall River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Westpoint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Loretto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Liberty Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockquarry, with the one closest to Rockquarry listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Campbellsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Weakley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Bodenham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Bufords
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Lynnville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wales
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Olivet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Gordon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Anthony Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Field
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Powell Chapel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockquarry, with the one closest to Rockquarry listed first.
- Aetna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aetna is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
- Swan Bluff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Swan Bluff is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Bluff
- Hornertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hornertown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornertown
- Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
- Duck River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Graytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Littlelot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Tottys Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Pleasantville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Primm Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Whitfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Nunnelly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Graham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockquarry, with the one closest to Rockquarry listed first.
- Voorhies
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Hohenwald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kimmins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockquarry, with the one closest to Rockquarry listed first.
- Globe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Cornersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- South Berlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockquarry, with the one closest to Rockquarry listed first.
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
- Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Screamer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Hampshire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frierson Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frierson Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frierson Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 923 people
- Scotts Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 983 people
- Broadview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Southport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Chapel Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,461 people
- Ashwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashwood is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
- Zion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zion is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Armour Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Armour Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour Village
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockquarry, with the one closest to Rockquarry listed first.
- Flatwoods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Linden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockquarry, with the one closest to Rockquarry listed first.
- Ashland Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Slickrock Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Waynesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Collinwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Corning ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- Belew ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rockquarry, see our County-by-County Page for Rockquarry.
Cemeteries Near Rockquarry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockquarry.
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 Rockquarry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rockquarry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rockquarry, with the one closest to Rockquarry listed first.
- Shrader Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pennington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Barnesville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Summertown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wyrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Drakes Lane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Colbert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Henryville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Henryville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Himes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1079 more) ...
- Old Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Garden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Workman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Rockquarry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rockquarry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rockquarry, with the one closest to Rockquarry listed first.
- Henryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Summertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crestview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crestview is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestview
- Brace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brace is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brace
- Carpenters ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carpenters is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters
- Newburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Rockdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Napier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Napier is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Strathmore ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Strathmore is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmore
- Ethridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Voorhies
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hampshire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Palestine ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rockquarry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockquarry.
Newspapers Published in Rockquarry ...
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 Rockquarry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockquarry, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rockquarry.
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 Rockquarry:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Giles County
- Hickman County
- Lewis County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Perry County
- Wayne County
- Lauderdale 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 Rockquarry, 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rockquarry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |