Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sandy Bridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sandy Bridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sandy Bridge, 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 Sandy Bridge (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 Sandy Bridge. 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 Sandy Bridge ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sandy Bridge: Sandy Brg. (or less commonly used: Sandy Brdg. or Sandy Brdge.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sandy Bridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sandy Bridge.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sandy Bridge is historic, it would have been located within present day Carroll 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 Carroll County: Benton, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison & Weakley.
Below are the counties that are near Sandy Bridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandy Bridge:
- Carroll County (The home county of Sandy Bridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Hollow Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bruceton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buena Vista
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Huntingdon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Anark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Hico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Clarksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- McKenzie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- McLemoresville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Wingo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Trezevant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Sandy Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Camden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wildlife Cove Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Chaseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Coxburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Big Sandy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brevards Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Faxon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Sugar Tree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Jeannette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Parsons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Ledbetter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
- Whitway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Whitway is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitway
- Graball
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graball is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
- Milan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Union Central
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Union Central is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
- Sitka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sitka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Goat City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goat City is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat City
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Poplar Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Parkers Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Union Cross
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Chesterfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Darden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Spring Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- Henry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Manleyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Springville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Paris
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- India
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- New Boston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Boston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Whitlock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Cottage Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Magnolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Hustburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- New Johnsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Plant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Bakerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Pigeon Roost
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Trinity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Hurricane Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Halls Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Buffalo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Claybrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Spring Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Perry County
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Tumbling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Gleason
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pillowville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pillowville is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
- Ore Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Dresden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
- Greenfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandy Bridge, see our County-by-County Page for Sandy Bridge.
Cemeteries Near Sandy Bridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Bridge.
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 Sandy Bridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandy Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hollowrock Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spellings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Parks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mebane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nesbitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (961 more) ...
- Massey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McCallie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Sandy Bridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sandy Bridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandy Bridge, with the one closest to Sandy Bridge listed first.
- Hollow Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Buena Vista
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Rosser
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rosser is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosser
- Lipe
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lipe is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipe
- Carnsville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carnsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnsville
- Mixie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mixie is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixie
- Huntingdon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dollar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dollar is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Mansfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mansfield is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Maple Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maple Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Camden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Leach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leach is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
- Clarksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandy Bridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandy Bridge.
Newspapers Published in Sandy Bridge ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Bridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Bridge, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandy Bridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sandy Bridge:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Decatur County
- Gibson County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Weakley 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 Sandy Bridge, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandy Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |