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 Shepp (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 Shepp. 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.
Shepp is located in Haywood 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 Haywood County: Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Lauderdale, Madison & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Shepp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shepp:
- Haywood County (The home county of Shepp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepp, with the one closest to Shepp listed first.
- Ko Ko
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Stanton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dancyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dancyville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
- Eurekaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eurekaton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eurekaton
- Fredonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Hillville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hillville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillville
- Willow Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Allens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allens is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
- Woodland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodland is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Nutbush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Wellwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wellwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellwood
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepp, with the one closest to Shepp listed first.
- Bells
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsons Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Maury City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Alamo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitvale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Chestnut Bluff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Crockett Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Maury Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Gadsden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Friendship
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Dyer County
- Bruceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepp, with the one closest to Shepp listed first.
- Fayette Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette Corners is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Corners
- Braden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Feathers Chapel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Somerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gallaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Hickory Withe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Williston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Williston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Macon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Canadaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Elba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Forty Five
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forty Five is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Five
- Moscow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepp, with the one closest to Shepp listed first.
- Vildo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vildo is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vildo
- Whiteville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newcastle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newcastle is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- Toone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toone is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
- Teague
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Teague is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,181 people
- Bolivar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Valley is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Shandy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shandy is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shandy
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepp, with the one closest to Shepp listed first.
- Durhamville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Henning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flippin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Glimp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Gates
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Arp
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Fort Pillow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Luckett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Halls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edith
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Ashport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepp, with the one closest to Shepp listed first.
- Mercer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Providence
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Denmark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Huntersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Huntersville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Medon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Malesus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Malesus is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malesus
- Windy City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Windy City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Jackson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Parkburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Parkburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,156 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepp, with the one closest to Shepp listed first.
- Arlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Lakeland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepp, with the one closest to Shepp listed first.
- Gailor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gailor is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gailor
- Estimated population in 2014: 468 people
- Charleston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Charleston is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Estimated population in 2014: 671 people
- Mason
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gift
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gift is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Gainesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Covington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Clopton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Brighton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Idaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Bride
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Garland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Burlison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shepp, see our County-by-County Page for Shepp.
Cemeteries Near Shepp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shepp.
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 Shepp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shepp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shepp, with the one closest to Shepp listed first.
- Scratchunder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chote Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Outlaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wesley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. John Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Mercer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cole Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dancyville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (465 more) ...
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Keeling Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dancyville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Shepp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shepp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shepp, with the one closest to Shepp listed first.
- Stanton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ko Ko
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Dancyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dancyville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keeling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Eurekaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eurekaton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eurekaton
- Yum Yum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Yum Yum is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yum Yum
- Hillville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hillville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillville
- Orysa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orysa is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orysa
- Mason
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Chapel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Chapel is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Chapel
- Tabernacle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tabernacle is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Nutbush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Belle Eagle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Eagle is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Eagle
- Rudolph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rudolph is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shepp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shepp.
Newspapers Published in Shepp ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shepp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shepp, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shepp.
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 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 Shepp:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Haywood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Hardeman County
- Lauderdale County
- Madison County
- Shelby County
- Tipton 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 Shepp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shepp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |