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 Walnut Hills (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 Walnut Hills. 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 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.
Walnut Hills is located in Davidson 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 Davidson County : Cheatham , Robertson , Rutherford , Sumner , Williamson & Wilson .
Below are the counties that are near Walnut Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walnut Hills:
Davidson County (The home county of Walnut Hills)
The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the north)
Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
Bellevue (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Forest Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Forest Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
Watkins ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Watkins is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Belle Meade (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Belle Meade is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
Linton (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Linton is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Green Hills (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Green Hills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills Population from the 2010 Census: 6,618 people
Oak Hill (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Oak Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
Berry Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Berry Hill is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
Nashville - Davidson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Nashville - Davidson is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville - Davidson Estimated population in 2019: 670,820 people
Nashville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Paragon Mills (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills Cheatham County
The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
Pegram (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Pegram is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
Doziers ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Doziers is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
Kingston Springs (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Marrowbone (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Lillamay (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Lillamay is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay Bell Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Bell Town is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town Bearwallow (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow Ashland City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Ashland City is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
Westeria ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Westeria is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westeria Sycamore (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Sycamore is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Cheap Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
Lockertsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
Dickson County
The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
White Bluff (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Spencers Mill (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill Bellsburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Bellsburg is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg White Oak Flat (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat Burns (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Abiff (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Abiff is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff Tidwell (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Tidwell is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell Charlotte (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Pomona (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Pomona is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona Dickson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Stayton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Stayton is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton Pond (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Pond is located in Dickson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Hickman County
The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
Bon Aqua Junction (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
Lyles (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Primm Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Primm Springs is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs Wrigley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Wrigley is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
Littlelot (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Littlelot is located in Hickman County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot Marshall County
Holts Corner (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Holts Corner is located in Marshall County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner Maury County
The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
Theta (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Theta is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta Jameson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Jameson is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson New Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
New Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Fly (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Fly is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly New Flys Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
New Flys Village is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village Hill Town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Hill Town is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town Carters Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Carters Creek is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek New Hope (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
New Hope is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
Mowd ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Mowd is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd Santa Fe (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Chartersville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Chartersville is located in Maury County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartersville Estimated population in 2014: 1,494 people
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
Oak Plains (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains Southside (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Fredonia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Fredonia is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia McAllisters Crossroads (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Robertson County
The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
Coopertown (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Coopertown is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
Crunk (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Crunk is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crunk Estimated population in 2014: 1,406 people
Hygeia Springs (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Hygeia Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygeia Springs Greenbrier (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Greenbrier is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
Sandy Springs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Flewellyn (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Flewellyn is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flewellyn Oakland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Oakland is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Springfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Stroudville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Stroudville is located in Robertson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville Rutherford County
The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
La Vergne (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Morrow (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Morrow is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
Jefferson Pike (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
Smyrna (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Patterson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Patterson is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Murphree (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Murphree is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
Allisona (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Allisona is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona Snell ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Snell is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
Colonial Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Eagleville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Jamestown is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
Leanna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Leanna is located in Rutherford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna Sumner County
The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
Driftwood Park (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
Goodlettsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Hendersonville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Millersville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Shackle Island (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Shackle Island is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
Ocana (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Ocana is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocana Estimated population in 2014: 1,086 people
Station Camp ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Station Camp is located in Sumner County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Camp Williamson County
The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
Wildwood Estates (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Wildwood Estates is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 1,098 people
Old Town ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Old Town is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Forest Home (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Berrys Chapel Heights (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Berrys Chapel Heights is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys Chapel Heights Estimated population in 2014: 551 people
Lynnwood Downs (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
Brentwood (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Franklin (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
McEwen ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
McEwen is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
Southall (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Southall is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall Fairview (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Fernvale (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Fernvale is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale Clovercroft (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Clovercroft is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft Wilson County
The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
Lynn Christie (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
Rural Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Rural Hill is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill Mount Juliet (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Belinda City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Belinda City is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City Beckwith (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Beckwith is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith Gladeville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Leeville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Leeville is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville Laguardo (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Laguardo is located in Wilson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walnut Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Walnut Hills .
Cemeteries Near Walnut Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walnut Hills.
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 Walnut Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walnut Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
Pasquo Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Gower Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Slave Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Wray Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
McGavock Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Johnson Chapel Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
South Harpeth Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
McPherson Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Laine Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Slave Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Continue List (1313 more) ...
Perkins Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Thronton Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
McPherson Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Walnut Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walnut Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walnut Hills, with the one closest to Walnut Hills listed first.
Beachville ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Beachville is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachville Watkins ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Watkins is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Linton (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Linton is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Grassland (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Grassland is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland Forest Home (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Forest Home is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home West Nashville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
West Nashville is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nashville Pegram (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Pegram is located in Cheatham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
Callender ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Callender is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender Brentwood (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Jordonia (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Jordonia is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordonia Bingham (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Bingham is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham Franklin (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Continue List (18 more) ...
Carpenters ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Carpenters is located in Williamson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Oglesby (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Oglesby is located in Davidson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby Nashville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walnut Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walnut Hills .
Newspapers Published in Walnut Hills ...
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 361 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walnut Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walnut Hills, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Walnut Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Walnut Hills:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Davidson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cheatham County Dickson County Hickman County Marshall County Maury County Montgomery County Robertson County Rutherford County Sumner County Williamson County Wilson County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walnut Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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- Walnut Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Walnut Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.