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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 Vaughns Grove (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 Vaughns Grove. 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 Vaughns Grove ...
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 Vaughns Grove: Vaughns Grv.
- While the name of this community is Vaughns Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Vaughns Grove may originally have been Vaughn's Grove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Vaughns Grove might be written as Vaughn Grove.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Vaughns Grove is located in Gibson 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 Gibson County: Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Madison & Weakley.
Below are the counties that are near Vaughns Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vaughns Grove:
- Gibson County (The home county of Vaughns Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Union Central
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Central is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
- Bradford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whitway is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitway
- Four Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Four Points is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Milan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Ledbetter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
- Graball
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Graball is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
- Rutherford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- Atwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Trezevant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Whitthorne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- McLemoresville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Wingo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Lavinia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Hico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- McKenzie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntingdon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Anark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Clarksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- Gadsden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Elizabeth
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Crockett Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Alamo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Maury Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Friendship
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Bells
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsons Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Maury City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Chestnut Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- Churchton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Churchton is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
- Tatumville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Tigrett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tigrett is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigrett
- Trimble
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Newbern
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bishop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bruceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Meacham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Dyersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fowlkes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- Owl City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Wellwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wellwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellwood
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Union Cross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- White Fern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- Parkers Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- Henry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- Three Way
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Three Way is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
- Windy City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Windy City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Spring Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Oakfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oakfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Claybrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Lawrence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,498 people
- Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Providence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Huntersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Huntersville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- Kenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Obion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Rives
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McConnell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McConnell is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- Englewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Englewood is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pillowville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pillowville is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
- Sharon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sidonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Gleason
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dresden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ralston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ralston is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Martin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tumbling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Ore Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Terrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- Dunlap ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vaughns Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Vaughns Grove.
Cemeteries Near Vaughns Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vaughns Grove.
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 Vaughns Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vaughns Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- Vaughns Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Davidson Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Whitehall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Olivers Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Keeley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harpers Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (580 more) ...
- Hughes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Griffins Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Vaughns Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vaughns Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vaughns Grove, with the one closest to Vaughns Grove listed first.
- Idlewild
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Idlewild is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Trenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gann
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gann is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Milan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Gibson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Dyer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rutherford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brazil
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brazil is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Humboldt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Medina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- West is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vaughns Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vaughns Grove.
Newspapers Published in Vaughns Grove ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vaughns Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vaughns Grove, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vaughns Grove.
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 Vaughns Grove:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Gibson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Madison County
- Obion County
- Weakley County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Vaughns Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Vaughns Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |