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 Safley (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 Safley. 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 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.
Safley is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Sequatchie, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Safley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Safley:
- Warren County (The home county of Safley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Smyrna
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- Shellsford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- McMinnville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rowland Station ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rowland Station is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station
- Rowland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Hillis ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hillis is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillis
- Viola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Campaign
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Campaign is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campaign
- Morrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gath
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gath is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath
- Daylight
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Fall City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fall City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall City
- Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Brockdell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Pailo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Pikeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Bluewing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Woods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Hollow Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Burgen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gassaway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gassaway is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- Bradyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Winton Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Naola ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Stephenson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Forest Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Oaks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Ruthledge Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Busy Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Gossburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Cumberland County
- Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Bear Branch ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bear Branch is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Young Bend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Young Bend is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Bend
- Estimated population in 2014: 279 people
- Smithville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Johnsons Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Johnsons Chapel is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Chapel
- Philippi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Philippi is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philippi
- Youngblood ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Youngblood is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Dowelltown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Sand Switch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Sewanee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Beersheba Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Altamont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gruetli - Laager
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gruetli
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Coalmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Palmer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sartain Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Pelham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tracy City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lankford Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Monteagle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Greentown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Condra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Condra is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condra
- Whitwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rutherford County
- Readyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Dunlap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Daus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Cartwright
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
- Center Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Laurelburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Chalybeate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- Bone Cave
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Spencer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meade ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Meade is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
- Cummingsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- Sweetgum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Quebeck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pollard ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pollard is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Doyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Doyle is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Darkey Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Darkey Springs is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkey Springs
- Drop ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Drop is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
- Methodist ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Methodist is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
- Peeled Chestnut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Peeled Chestnut is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Chestnut
- Sparta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fanchers Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fanchers Mills is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanchers Mills
- Macedonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Macedonia is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Safley, see our County-by-County Page for Safley.
Cemeteries Near Safley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Safley.
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 Safley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Safley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Mt. Sinai Baptist Church / Shake Rag Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hebron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chasteen / Chastain Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Higgenbottom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shellsford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leesburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bonner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Centerhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerhill Cemetery
- The Centerhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hills Creek Cemetery
- McGregor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (602 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old McMinnville City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Safley had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Safley, with the one closest to Safley listed first.
- Irving College
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Irving College is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving College
- Shellsford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Steppsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Steppsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steppsville
- McMinnville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smartt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Smartt is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartt
- Hanlan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hanlan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlan
- Jessie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jessie is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessie
- Tarlton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tarlton is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarlton
- Hillis ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hillis is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillis
- Rowland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Yager
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yager is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yager
- Vervilla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vervilla is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vervilla
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Viola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Laurelburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Goodbars
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goodbars is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbars
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Safley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Safley.
Newspapers Published in Safley ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Safley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Safley, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Safley.
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 Safley:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Cumberland County
- DeKalb County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Marion County
- Rutherford County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- White 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> | 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 Safley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Safley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |