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 Taylor Crossroads (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 Taylor Crossroads. 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.
Name Variations for Taylor Crossroads ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Taylor Crossroads: Taylor Xrds.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Taylor Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Taylor Crossroads.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Taylor Crossroads is located in Dickson 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 Dickson County: Cheatham, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Taylor Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Taylor Crossroads:
- Dickson County (The home county of Taylor Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- Vanleer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Charlotte
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Slayden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Dunn Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Woods Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Stayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
- Tennessee City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- White Oak Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat
- Dickson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Burns
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benton County
- Brevards Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- Bell Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Neptune
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Cheap Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Henrietta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Lockertsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Kingston Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Lillamay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Pegram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Sycamore
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Marrowbone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- Linton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Bellevue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Watkins ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Watkins is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
- Morny
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morny is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morny
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- Bon Aqua Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
- Lyles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Salt Lick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Wrigley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Whitehouse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Graham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Nunnelly
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Only
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Graytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Primm Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Littlelot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- Omega ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Erin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Tennessee Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- McEwen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethpage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Pigeon Roost
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Trinity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Hurricane Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grandmother Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Plant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Bakerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- Louise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- McAllisters Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Liverworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Southside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dotsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Fredonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Oak Plains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains
- Clarksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Louise Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Oakwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- Stroudville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stroudville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville
- Holmansville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holmansville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmansville
- Sandy Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Coopertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coopertown is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- Cumberland City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Throckmorton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Indian Mound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Legate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- Loriland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Loriland is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fernvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fernvale is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Taylor Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Taylor Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Taylor Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taylor Crossroads.
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 Taylor Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Taylor Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Felt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Story Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Seals Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vanleer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baggett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bull Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bull Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Vanleer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9924 <3>
- Continue List (829 more) ...
- Hamilton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keele Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Edwards Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 Taylor Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Taylor Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Taylor Crossroads, with the one closest to Taylor Crossroads listed first.
- Sylvia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sylvia is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
- Vanleer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Edgewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Edgewood is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Charlotte
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Cumberland Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Omega ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Woods Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Tennessee City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Dull
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dull is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dull
- Yellow Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Dickson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Colesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colesburg is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Shiloh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Sailors Rest ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sailors Rest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailors Rest
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Taylor Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taylor Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Taylor Crossroads ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taylor Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taylor Crossroads, 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 Taylor Crossroads.
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 Taylor Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Dickson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Montgomery County
- Robertson County
- Stewart 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Taylor Crossroads) 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 Taylor Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |