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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 Rutherford (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 Rutherford. 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 doctors 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.
Rutherford is located in Gibson 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 Gibson County: Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Madison & Weakley.
Below are the counties that are near Rutherford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rutherford:
- Gibson County (The home county of Rutherford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Dyer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tilghman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Four Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Four Points is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Yorkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Bradford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Brazil
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brazil is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Union Central
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Central is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
- Whitway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitway is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitway
- Gibson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Ledbetter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
- Milan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Atwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Trezevant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wingo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Whitthorne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- McLemoresville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Lavinia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McKenzie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Cedar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Elizabeth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Crockett Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Friendship
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Maury Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Alamo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gadsden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Maury City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Fruitvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Chestnut Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Johnsons Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Bells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Churchton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Churchton is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
- Trimble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Tatumville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Newbern
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tigrett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tigrett is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigrett
- Meacham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Bishop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Dyersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bruceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Fowlkes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Bogota
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Middle City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Unionville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Haywood County
- Owl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Owl City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Ridgely
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sunkist Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Halls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Three Way
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Three Way is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
- Windy City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Windy City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Oakfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oakfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Spring Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Kenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Obion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Rives
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Troy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Englewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Englewood is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Union City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McConnell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McConnell is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- Hornbeak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- Woodland Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- South Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Samburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Sidonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Terrell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- Ralston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ralston is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Pillowville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pillowville is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
- Dresden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gleason
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Latham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Latham is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Ore Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Tumbling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Dunlap ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
- Fulton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Jordan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Fulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cayce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rutherford, see our County-by-County Page for Rutherford.
Cemeteries Near Rutherford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rutherford.
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 Rutherford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rutherford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Rutherford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Flowers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Keathy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bobbitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Keas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cowan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (555 more) ...
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- China Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bells Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rutherford had a population of 536 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Rutherford had a population of 1,064 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rutherford, with the one closest to Rutherford listed first.
- Dyer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Yorkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Mason Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mason Hall is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Hall
- Bradford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tatumville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Crockett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Crockett is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Idlewild
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Idlewild is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Trimble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Mount Pelia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Pelia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pelia
- Brazil
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brazil is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Moffatt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Moffatt is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffatt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rutherford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rutherford.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Rutherford ...
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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rutherford.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Rutherford. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Rutherford and those printed in the larger area surrounding Rutherford.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> of Rutherford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Rutherford:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Gibson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Haywood County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Madison County
- Obion County
- Weakley County
- Fulton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Rutherford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rutherford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |