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 Valleyview (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 Valleyview. 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 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.
Valleyview is located in Rutherford 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 Rutherford County: Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, Marshall, Williamson & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Valleyview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valleyview:
- Rutherford County (The home county of Valleyview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Walterhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walterhill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walterhill
- Walter Hill Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Walter Hill Estates is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter Hill Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 401 people
- Compton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Compton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Fairfield Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Estates is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 131 people
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
- Leanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leanna is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Milton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Colonial Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Murphree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Murphree is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree
- Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
- Murfreesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dillton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Longview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Bell Buckle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vannatta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Unionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wartrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Auburntown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Auburntown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Burt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Woodbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gassaway
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gassaway is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- Bradyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burgen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Bluewing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Hollow Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Gossburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Beechgrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Naola ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Priest Lake Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Priest Lake Park is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priest Lake Park
- Rural Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rural Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,007 people
- Nashboro Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nashboro Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashboro Village
- Antioch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wrencoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Hermitage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Donelson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Donelson is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donelson
- Mudtavern
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mudtavern is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudtavern
- Paragon Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills
- Whispering Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
- Dog Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Town is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Lakewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Alexandria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Dowelltown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Youngblood ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Youngblood is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Temperance Hall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
- Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bear Branch ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bear Branch is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Philippi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Philippi is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philippi
- Marshall County
- Holts Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Brush Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brush Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Shaver Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shaver Town is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Town
- Hickman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Gordonsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Bluff Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
- South Carthage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Carthage is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
- Carthage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monoville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Monoville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monoville
- Dixon Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Sumner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Driftwood Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
- Hendersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Castalian Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gallatin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Trousdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Trousdale is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Trousdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Hartsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Johntown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Johntown is located in Trousdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Centertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Lucky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lucky is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Daylight
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Trousdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Nolensville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Arrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- College Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brentwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clovercroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Peytonsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Lynnwood Downs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs
- Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
- McEwen ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- McEwen is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
- Wildwood Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wildwood Estates is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,098 people
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Cainsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cainsville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Doaks Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads
- Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
- Doaks
- Statesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Statesville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Gladeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Watertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Rural Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rural Hill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Round Top
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Round Top is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
- Leeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Leeville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
- Commerce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Commerce is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Belinda City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belinda City is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valleyview, see our County-by-County Page for Valleyview.
Cemeteries Near Valleyview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valleyview.
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 Valleyview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valleyview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Dunaway Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Alsup Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dunaway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pearcy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lasater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jordan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tune Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Continue List (1330 more) ...
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Owen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Owen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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 Valleyview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Valleyview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Valleyview, with the one closest to Valleyview listed first.
- Walterhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walterhill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walterhill
- Compton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Compton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Cainsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cainsville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Oak Point ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Point is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Sharpsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sharpsville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsville
- Greenvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenvale is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Halls Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hill
- Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Milton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Bairds Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bairds Mill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairds Mill
- Vesta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vesta is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
- Murfreesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Dillton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Kittrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Porterfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Porterfield is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valleyview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valleyview.
Newspapers Published in Valleyview ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valleyview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valleyview, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Valleyview.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Valleyview:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Rutherford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Davidson County
- DeKalb County
- Marshall County
- Smith County
- Sumner County
- Trousdale County
- Warren County
- Williamson County
- Wilson 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 Valleyview, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Valleyview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |