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 Sloanville (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 Sloanville. 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 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.
Sloanville is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Crittenden (AR), DeSoto (MS), Marshall (MS), Fayette & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Sloanville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sloanville:
- Shelby County (The home county of Sloanville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sloanville, with the one closest to Sloanville listed first.
- Cuba
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Millington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lucy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Giles Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Spring Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Rosemark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Bartlett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Binghampton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Hunt Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Lakeland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sloanville, with the one closest to Sloanville listed first.
- Gallaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Braden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Canadaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Elba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Macon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- New Bethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Piperton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- Feathers Chapel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Rossville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- Fredonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sloanville, with the one closest to Sloanville listed first.
- Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Ashport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Glimp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Daniels Point Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Henning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Luckett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sloanville, with the one closest to Sloanville listed first.
- Wilkinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Drummonds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Corona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Atoka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Munford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Idaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Brighton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilt Edge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Burlison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Detroit
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sloanville, with the one closest to Sloanville listed first.
- Mound City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- James Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Marion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
- Sunset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Clarkedale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Jericho
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Turrell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gilmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- West Memphis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Heafer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Crawfordsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sloanville, with the one closest to Sloanville listed first.
- Wilson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Bassett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Frenchmans Bayou
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Joiner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Bardstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Driver
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Birdsong
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Denwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Marie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Whitton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Dyess
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dyess is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyess
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyess <1>
- Keiser
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Poinsett County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sloanville, with the one closest to Sloanville listed first.
- Tyronza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Alto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Black Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Lepanto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marked Tree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sloanville, with the one closest to Sloanville listed first.
- Southhaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Horn Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Olive Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Southaven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Lynchburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Aldens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Walls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <1>
- Marshall County (MS)
- Barton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sloanville, see our County-by-County Page for Sloanville.
Cemeteries Near Sloanville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sloanville.
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 Sloanville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sloanville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sloanville, with the one closest to Sloanville listed first.
- Independence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Noblin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- West Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Embury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belmount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Millington.
- The Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Garden Cemetery
- Woodhaven Memorial Garden Cemetery
- Woodhaven Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15586 <3>
- Remberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little John Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Canaan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Saluted Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Quito Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (371 more) ...
- St. Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ward Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Sloanville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sloanville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sloanville, with the one closest to Sloanville listed first.
- Cuba
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lucy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Millington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Quito
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Quito is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quito
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Kerrville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kerrville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrville
- Ramsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Pearley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pearley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearley
- Drummonds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Frayser
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Frayser is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frayser
- Pecan Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Corona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Raleigh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Raleigh is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Rosemark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sloanville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sloanville.
Newspapers Published in Sloanville ...
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 211 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sloanville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sloanville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sloanville.
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 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 Sloanville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Tipton County
- Crittenden County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- DeSoto County
- Marshall 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sloanville) 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 Sloanville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |