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 Shiloh (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 Shiloh. 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 hospitals and 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.
Shiloh is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Coffee, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore & Rutherford.
Below are the counties that are near Shiloh. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shiloh:
- Bedford County (The home county of Shiloh)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Cortner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cascade Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bell Buckle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Raus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Shelbyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vannatta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Longview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Unionville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Bradyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burgen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Bluewing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Woodbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Auburntown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Auburntown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Busy Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Beechgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Gossburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Homaway Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Belmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Royal Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Tullahoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Southgate Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Naola ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Estill Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Winchester Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Garner Ford
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Decherd
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Lexie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- 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
- Cowan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Switch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Sewanee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Pelham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Monteagle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Booneville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Gattistown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Belleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Petersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Chapel Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Belfast
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Oak Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Holts Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Talley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Orrs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Anes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Caney Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Verona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lewisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Countyline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Lynchburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Plainview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Midland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Burns Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Rucker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Dillton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Kittrell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Readyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murfreesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Compton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Compton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Fairfield Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairfield Estates is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 131 people
- Eagleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Morrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Trousdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Viola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Centertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Daylight
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- McMinnville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lucky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lucky is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Smyrna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- Williamson County
- College Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shiloh, see our County-by-County Page for Shiloh.
Cemeteries Near Shiloh ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shiloh.
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 Shiloh - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shiloh covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Keeling Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cawthron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Keeling Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vance Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sartain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holland Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1680 more) ...
- Lynch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shelton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<3>
While we didn't find Shiloh in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shiloh.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
- Fairfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Haley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Cortner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Noah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Noah is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Wartrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Normandy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beechgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bell Buckle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Singleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Singleton is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Teal ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Holly ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holly is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gossburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Belmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Shelbyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shiloh. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shiloh.
Newspapers Published in Shiloh ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shiloh.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shiloh, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shiloh.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Shiloh:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Warren County
- Williamson 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 Shiloh, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shiloh) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |