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 Towering Heights (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 Towering Heights. 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 Towering Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Towering Heights: Towering Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 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.
Towering Heights is located in Tipton 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 Tipton County: Crittenden (AR), Mississippi (AR), Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Towering Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Towering Heights:
- Tipton County (The home county of Towering Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Towering Heights, with the one closest to Towering Heights listed first.
- Drummonds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Wilkinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Munford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gilt Edge
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Corona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Atoka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burlison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Brighton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Idaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Garland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towering Heights, with the one closest to Towering Heights listed first.
- Gallaway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Braden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Canadaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towering Heights, with the one closest to Towering Heights listed first.
- Fredonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towering Heights, with the one closest to Towering Heights listed first.
- Fulton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Daniels Point Landing
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Ashport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Glimp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Luckett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Henning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Durhamville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Ripley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towering Heights, with the one closest to Towering Heights listed first.
- Cuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Millington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lucy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Rosemark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Giles Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Woodstock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Spring Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Bartlett
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Binghampton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Hunt Village
(23 miles [37 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
- Craighead County (AR)
- Caraway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Towering Heights, with the one closest to Towering Heights listed first.
- Gilmore
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Turrell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clarkedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Jericho
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- James Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Mound City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Marion
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 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
- Heafer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- West Memphis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crawfordsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Poindexter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Towering Heights, with the one closest to Towering Heights listed first.
- Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Driver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Bassett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Marie
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Joiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Bardstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Frenchmans Bayou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Osceola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
- Keiser
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Dyess
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- Birdsong
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Whitton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Poinsett County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Towering Heights, with the one closest to Towering Heights listed first.
- Alto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Lepanto
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tyronza
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rivervale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- 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
- Marked Tree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Towering Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Towering Heights.
Cemeteries Near Towering Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Towering Heights.
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 Towering Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Towering Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Towering Heights, with the one closest to Towering Heights listed first.
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poplar Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Drummonds.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17322 <2>
- Randolph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Randolph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quito Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Campground Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nodena Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jacob Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Noblin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saluted Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Towering Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Towering Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Towering Heights, with the one closest to Towering Heights listed first.
- Drummonds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Quito
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quito is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quito
- Nodena
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nodena is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodena
- Pecan Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
- Golden Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake
- Corona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Kerrville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kerrville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrville
- Tipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Munford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gilt Edge
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Cuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Atoka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Shawnee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shawnee is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Towering Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Towering Heights.
Newspapers Published in Towering Heights ...
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 Towering Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Towering Heights, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Towering Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Towering Heights:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Tipton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Shelby County
- Craighead County
- Crittenden County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett 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 Towering Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Towering Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |