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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 Venable Spring (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 Venable Spring. 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 Venable Spring ...
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 Venable Spring: Venable Spg. (or less commonly used: Venable Spng. or Venable Sprng.)
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 and hospitals 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.
Venable Spring is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Bedford, Giles, Lincoln, Maury, Rutherford & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Venable Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Venable Spring:
- Marshall County (The home county of Venable Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Venable Spring, with the one closest to Venable Spring listed first.
- Caney Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Anes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Chapel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Verona
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Holts Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- South Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Lewisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Cochran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Globe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Belfast
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venable Spring, with the one closest to Venable Spring listed first.
- Unionville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Palmetto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Whitaker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Longview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Vannatta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Shelbyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Buckle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wartrace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Haley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Raus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Cortner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Willow Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Coffee County
- Beechgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Davidson County
- Wrencoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venable Spring, with the one closest to Venable Spring listed first.
- Trigg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Lynnville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bufords
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Olivet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Campbellsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Frankewing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Powell Chapel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Liberty Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Pisgah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Wales
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venable Spring, with the one closest to Venable Spring listed first.
- Duck River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Primm Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venable Spring, with the one closest to Venable Spring listed first.
- Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Boonshill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Hughey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Booneville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venable Spring, with the one closest to Venable Spring listed first.
- Leftwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Scribner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- New Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Carters Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carters Creek is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek
- Culleoka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jameson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Graymere Manor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- New Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
- Theta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Ben ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ben is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Moore County
- Countyline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venable Spring, with the one closest to Venable Spring listed first.
- Allisona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Eagleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Midland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Patterson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Snell ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- Rucker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Plainview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Burns Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Murfreesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dillton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Colonial Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Smyrna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venable Spring, with the one closest to Venable Spring listed first.
- Duplex
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Harpeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- College Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peytonsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Thompson's Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <1>
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Arrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Parry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Clovercroft
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Southall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Venable Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Venable Spring.
Cemeteries Near Venable Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Venable Spring.
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 Venable Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Venable Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Venable Spring, with the one closest to Venable Spring listed first.
- Rone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lillard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Allen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cathey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clymore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hardison - Joshua Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tindell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Powell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riley - Harper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1957 more) ...
- Ring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hardison - Wallace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardison - Wallace Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hardison - Wallace Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of Columbia.
- The Hardison - Wallace Cemetery has also been known as:
- Feek Family Farm Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2551494 <2>
- Ring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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 Venable Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Venable Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Venable Spring, with the one closest to Venable Spring listed first.
- Lillard Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lillard Mill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillard Mill
- Caney Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Hardison Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hardison Mill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardison Mill
- Thick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thick is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thick
- Leftwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Verona
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Rich Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rich Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Chapel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rally Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rally Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
- South Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Holts Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lasea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lasea is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasea
- Bryant Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bryant Station is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Station
- Silver Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Venable Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Venable Spring.
Newspapers Published in Venable Spring ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Venable Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Venable Spring, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Venable Spring.
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 either 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 Venable Spring:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- Davidson County
- Giles County
- Hickman County
- Lincoln County
- Maury County
- Moore County
- Rutherford 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> | 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- Venable Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Venable Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |