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 Walkertown (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 Walkertown. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Walkertown is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Lauderdale (AL), Tishomingo (MS), Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Walkertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walkertown:
- Hardin County (The home county of Walkertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Belle Meade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Savannah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Nixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Crump
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pyburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Centerview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Nash Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Bruton Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Milledgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Enville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Sweet Lips
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Jacks Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Masseyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Henderson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Dunbar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Pleasant Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Scotts Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Decaturville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Sardis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Reagan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rhodes Town is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Town
- Middle Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- McNairy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Adamsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stantonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Tulu
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Leapwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Michie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caffey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Purdy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Eastview
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Selmer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Guys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Falcon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Bethel Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Perry County
- Flatwoods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Lutts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clifton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Cypress Inn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Collinwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Waynesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Riverton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Waterloo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Threet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Corinth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Glen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Biggersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Searcy Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Allentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Short
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Burnsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Iuka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Oldham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walkertown, see our County-by-County Page for Walkertown.
Cemeteries Near Walkertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walkertown.
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 Walkertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walkertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Blevins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Doran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hardin County Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Graham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Savannah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Savannah Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Savannah.
- The Savannah Cemetery has also been known as:
- Savannah City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18194 <2>
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (766 more) ...
- Harbor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Neill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Walkertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walkertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
- Savannah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maddox
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maddox is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Nixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Economy ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Economy is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Pittsburg Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Hurley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hurley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Cerro Gordo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Sibley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Lowryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Adamsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stantonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walkertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walkertown.
Newspapers Published in Walkertown ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walkertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walkertown, 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 Walkertown.
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 Walkertown:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Decatur County
- Henderson County
- McNairy County
- Perry County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Tishomingo 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 Walkertown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Walkertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |