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 Sainville (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 Sainville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Sainville is located in 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 Sainville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sainville:
- Coffee County (The home county of Sainville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Winton Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Forest Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Stephenson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Hillsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Union
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Royal Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Teal ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Naola ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Belmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Busy Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Ruthledge Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Homaway Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Cascade Hollow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cortner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Willow Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Wartrace
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Raus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Bell Buckle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shelbyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Bluewing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Burgen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Bradyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Woodbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gassaway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gassaway is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Bear Branch ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bear Branch is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Young Bend
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Youngblood ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Youngblood is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Sand Switch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Greenhaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Estill Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sewanee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Decherd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Marys
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Winchester Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Cowan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Garner Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Altamont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pelham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Beersheba Springs
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Coalmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Gruetli
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Sartain Springs
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Gruetli - Laager
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Monteagle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tracy City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lankford Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- White City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Palmer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Greentown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Comfort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Condra
(30 miles [48.3 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 southeast)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Ridgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Countyline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Readyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Kittrell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Burns Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Dillton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Dunlap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cartwright
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
- Daus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Chalybeate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Laurelburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- Bone Cave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Spencer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Viola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Trousdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Centertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- McMinnville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- Shellsford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Daylight
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Gath
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gath is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath
- Lucky
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lucky is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Rowland Station ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland Station is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station
- Rowland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Dibrell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dibrell is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibrell
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Quebeck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pollard ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pollard is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sainville, see our County-by-County Page for Sainville.
Cemeteries Near Sainville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sainville.
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 Sainville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sainville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Winton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Adams Gravesite
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wooten Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Winton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wagner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Simmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henry Cove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gwynn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwynn Cemetery
- The Gwynn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Viola Cemetery
- Bryan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wooten Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (938 more) ...
- Yate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crockett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Winton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Sainville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sainville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sainville, with the one closest to Sainville listed first.
- Viola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hanlan ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hanlan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlan
- Summitville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Summitville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Vervilla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vervilla is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vervilla
- Morrison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Smartt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smartt is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartt
- Altamont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Teal ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Prairie Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie Plains is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Plains
- New ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Naola ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Trousdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Belmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sainville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sainville.
Newspapers Published in Sainville ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sainville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sainville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sainville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sainville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Coffee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- DeKalb County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Marion County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- Warren 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> | 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 Sainville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sainville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |