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 Taylortown (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 Taylortown. 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 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.
Taylortown is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Limestone (AL), Madison (AL), Bedford, Franklin, Giles, Marshall & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Taylortown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Taylortown:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Taylortown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Boonshill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Hughey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Pearl City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Harms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Dellrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Molino
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Elk Mill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Camargo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Belleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Whitaker
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Palmetto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Shelbyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Raus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Garner Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Lexie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Huntland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Frankewing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Wheelerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Pisgah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Trigg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Aymett Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Dickson Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Powell Chapel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Ardmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elkmont Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Fall River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- New Prospect
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Appleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Delina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Talley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Yell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- New Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Cornersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belfast
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Cochran
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Orrs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Lewisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Globe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- South Berlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Culleoka
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Leftwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Southport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Broadview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Screamer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Enterprise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Scotts Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 983 people
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Lynchburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Countyline
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Ardmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Caro
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Pettusville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Elkmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Center Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hay's Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Lester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Fairmount
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Capshaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Elkwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Madison Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Harvest
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Jeff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Meridianville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moore's Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- New Market
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Taylortown, see our County-by-County Page for Taylortown.
Cemeteries Near Taylortown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taylortown.
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 Taylortown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Taylortown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wells Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wrights Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wrights Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Boonshill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20605 <3>
- Hedgpeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hovis - Gregory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Childress Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Boonshill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Swinebroad Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Robinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Continue List (1553 more) ...
- Gill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Halbert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<4>
While we didn't find Taylortown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Taylortown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Boonshill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Hughey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Delina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Millville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Dellrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Blakeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blakeville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeville
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Molino
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Bunker Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bunker Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Ostella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ostella is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostella
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Archer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Archer is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Howell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Howell is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Diana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Diana is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Taylortown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taylortown.
Newspapers Published in Taylortown ...
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 Taylortown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taylortown, 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 Taylortown.
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 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 Taylortown:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Moore County
- Lauderdale County
- Limestone County
- Madison 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 '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- Taylortown) 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 Taylortown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |