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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Toms Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Toms Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Toms Creek, please Contact Us.
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 Toms Creek (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 Toms Creek. 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 Toms Creek ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Toms Creek: Toms Crk. (or less commonly used: Toms Ck. or Toms Cr.)
- While the name of this community is Toms Creek, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Toms Creek may originally have been Tom's Creek.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Toms Creek might be written as Tom Creek.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Toms Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Toms Creek.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Toms Creek is historic, it would have been located within present day Perry 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 Perry County: Benton, Decatur, Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Toms Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Toms Creek:
- Perry County (The home county of Toms Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Beardstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Lobelville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Linden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flatwoods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Coxburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Chaseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Wildlife Cove Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Camden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sandy Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Brevards Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Buena Vista
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Clarksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Bruceton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Anark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Hollow Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huntingdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Sugar Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Jeannette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Parsons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Mount Lebanon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Decaturville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Scotts Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Johnson Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
- Saltillo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Swift
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Swift is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Poplar Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Darden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Chesterfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Parkers Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lexington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Reagan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- Sardis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Pleasantville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Only
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Whitfield is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Hornertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hornertown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornertown
- Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
- Whitehouse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Aetna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Aetna is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
- Salt Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Graham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Nunnelly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Buffalo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Bakerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Hustburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Grandmother Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- New Johnsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Plant
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Hurricane Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Roost
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Bethpage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Trinity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Kimmins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Hohenwald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Clifton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Slickrock Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Ashland Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Toms Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Toms Creek.
Cemeteries Near Toms Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Toms Creek.
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 Toms Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Toms Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Denson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bible Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clayborne Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cheney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Britts Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haynes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hendrix Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (810 more) ...
- Davidson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tanner 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.
Toms Creek itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Toms Creek, with the one closest to Toms Creek listed first.
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Sugar Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Jeannette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Bible Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bible Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Hill
- Perryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Perryville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Pope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pope is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- McIllwain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McIllwain is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIllwain
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Parsons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coxburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Beardstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lobelville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chaseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Holladay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Toms Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Toms Creek.
Newspapers Published in Toms Creek ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Toms Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Toms Creek, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Toms Creek.
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 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 Toms Creek:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Decatur County
- Hardin County
- Henderson County
- Hickman County
- Humphreys County
- Lewis County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Toms Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Toms Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |