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 Scattersville (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 Scattersville. 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.
Scattersville is located in Sumner 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 Sumner County: Allen (KY), Simpson (KY), Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Trousdale & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Scattersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scattersville:
- Sumner County (The home county of Scattersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- Portland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mitchellville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchellville is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Fountain Head
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Head is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
- New Deal
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Deal is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
- Population from the 2010 Census: 368 people
- Hall Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hall Town is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
- Johnsons Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnsons Crossroads is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Crossroads
- Corinth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Sengtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Cottontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Tunnel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Tunnel is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunnel
- Rock Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Bridge is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- Westeria ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westeria is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria
- Pleasant View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- Ridgetop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgetop is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgetop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,122 people
- Rayon City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rayon City is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayon City
- Old Hickory
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Addie ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Addie is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Estimated population in 2014: 650 people
- Ridgepost ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgepost is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 people
- Lakewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lakewood is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Madison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marvel ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Marvel is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,322 people
- Joelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Hermitage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- Siloam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Siloam is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Green Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Green Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Meadorville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Meadorville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadorville
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- Black Jack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Mitchell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Mulloy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mulloy is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy
- Calistia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calistia is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia
- Cross Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jernigan Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jernigan Town is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Town
- Orlinda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Greenbrier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
- Hygeia Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs
- Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Trousdale County
- Hartsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- Laguardo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Laguardo is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo
- Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
- Possum Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Possum Town is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
- Beckwith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Beckwith is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Mount Juliet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Leeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leeville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
- Lynn Christie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie
- Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
- Centerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 people
- Belinda City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Belinda City is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City
- Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allen County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- Mount Aerial
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Adolphus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pope is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Trammel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trammel is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Red Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Petroleum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Halfway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Scottsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Halifax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Halifax is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Oak Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Yesse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yesse is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Holland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Butler County (KY)
- Richelieu
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Logan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- Schochoh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Adairville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Keysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Cave Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Ferguson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Olmstead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Gordonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Simpson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- Black Jack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Neosheo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Prices Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Salmons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Gold City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Todd County (KY)
- Allensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Allensville is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Warren County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- Woodburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Drake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Drake is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Rockfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Alvaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Springhill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Springhill is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Claypool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Gotts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gotts is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Martinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scattersville, see our County-by-County Page for Scattersville.
Cemeteries Near Scattersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scattersville.
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 Scattersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scattersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hardin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sang Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Buntin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant General Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant General Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Pleasant General Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Portland.
- The Mt. Pleasant General Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2098927 <3>
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cummings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchellville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Groves Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nimmo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (770 more) ...
- Jacobs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brewer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Scattersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scattersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scattersville, with the one closest to Scattersville listed first.
- Mitchell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Portland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Black Jack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Mitchellville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchellville is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Handleyton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Handleyton is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handleyton
- Mulloy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mulloy is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy
- Fountain Head
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Head is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
- Cross Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calistia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calistia is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistia
- Orlinda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cottontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- South Tunnel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Tunnel is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunnel
- Sulphura
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sulphura is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphura
- Hickory Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Flat is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scattersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scattersville.
Newspapers Published in Scattersville ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scattersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scattersville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scattersville.
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 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 Scattersville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sumner County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Macon County
- Robertson County
- Trousdale County
- Wilson County
- Allen County
- Butler County
- Logan County
- Simpson County
- Todd County
- Warren 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scattersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Scattersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |