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 Tennessee City (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 Tennessee City. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Tennessee City 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 Tennessee City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tennessee City:
- Dickson County (The home county of Tennessee City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Dickson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vanleer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pomona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Burns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Charlotte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tidwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Abiff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Slayden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Woods Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Dunn Chapel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Brevards Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Faxon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Wildlife Cove Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Bell Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Kingston Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Neptune
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Pegram
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Cheap Hill
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Lillamay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Henrietta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Ashland City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Lockertsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Marrowbone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Sycamore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Davidson County
- Linton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Salt Lick
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Whitehouse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Graham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Lyles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nunnelly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Bon Aqua Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Wrigley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Only
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Graytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Tottys Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Whitfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Whitfield is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Omega ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Erin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tennessee Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Magnolia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- McEwen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bethpage
(7 miles [11.3 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pigeon Roost
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Hurricane Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Trinity
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Grandmother Ford
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Bakerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Plant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- New Johnsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Fly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- New Flys Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Flys Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
- Chartersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chartersville is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartersville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,494 people
- Hill Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Louise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- McAllisters Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Southside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liverworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Dotsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Fredonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Oakwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Oak Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Lobelville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Cumberland City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Throckmorton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Indian Mound
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Loriland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Loriland is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
- Fernvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fernvale is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tennessee City, see our County-by-County Page for Tennessee City.
Cemeteries Near Tennessee City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tennessee City.
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 Tennessee City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tennessee City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Tennessee City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lucas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McElhiney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Edwards Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- The Adams Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nelson Adams Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8481 <2>
- Lamastus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Berryman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Vineyard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Long Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (890 more) ...
- England Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- England Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Tennessee City had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tennessee City, with the one closest to Tennessee City listed first.
- Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- McEwen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Edgewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Edgewood is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Dickson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sylvia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvia is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
- Colesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Colesburg is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Pomona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Vanleer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Omega ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Gorman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gorman is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Tidwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Burns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Charlotte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bold Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bold Spring is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Spring
- Pinewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pinewood is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tennessee City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tennessee City.
Newspapers Published in Tennessee City ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tennessee City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tennessee City, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tennessee City.
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 helpful 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 Tennessee City:
- 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
- Maury County
- Montgomery County
- Perry 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> | 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 Tennessee City, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tennessee City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |