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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 Hardin 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 Hardin County: Lauderdale (AL), Tishomingo (MS), Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy & Wayne.

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:

  • Hardin County     (The home county of Shiloh)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
    • Pittsburg Landing Ferry
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
    • Hamburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nixon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Nixon is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
      • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
    • Nash Landing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pyburn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Slab Town ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Slab Town is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
    • Crump
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • White Sulphur ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
    • Bruton Branch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Gibbs ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Gibbs is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
    • Belle Meade
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
    • New Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • New Town is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Savannah
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Chester County
  • Decatur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
    • Dunbar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Scotts Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
  • Hardeman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
    • Essary Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Hornsby
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Hornsby is located in Hardeman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Middleton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Henderson County
  • McNairy County
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
    • Lutts
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Clifton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sorby ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sorby is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
  • Colbert County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
    • Chickasaw ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
    • Riverton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Crows Camp ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
    • Caryton ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
    • Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
    • Ingleton ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
  • Lauderdale County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
    • Haddock ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
    • Waterloo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Alcorn County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh, with the one closest to Shiloh listed first.
    • Farmington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
    • Corinth
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Glens
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Glen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
    • Searcy Town
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
    • Allentown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Biggersville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kossuth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jacinto
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Rienzi
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Hightown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Prentiss County (MS)
  • Tishomingo County (MS)

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.

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 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.

  • Hurley
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hurley is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
  • Hamburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pittsburg Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pittsburg Landing is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing
  • Stantonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Michie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Nixon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Nixon is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
  • Caffey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Adamsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Maddox
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Maddox is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
  • Gravel Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Gravel Hill is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Kendrick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Kendrick is located in Alcorn County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
  • Gibbs ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Gibbs is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Savannah
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Guys
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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 41 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 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. 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 begin with 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:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shiloh) 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 Shiloh, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.