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 Westside (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 Westside. 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 northeast 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 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.
Westside is located in Giles 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 Giles County: Limestone (AL), Lawrence, Lincoln, Marshall & Maury.
Below are the counties that are near Westside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westside:
- Giles County (The home county of Westside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westside, with the one closest to Westside listed first.
- Bodenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Weakley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Anthony Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Wales
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Gordon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Green Field
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Liberty Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Minor Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Pulaski
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Campbellsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Olivet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Stella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westside, with the one closest to Westside listed first.
- New Prospect
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Fall River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Lawrenceburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ethridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flatwoods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Webber City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Appleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Park Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Busby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Liberty Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Loretto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis County
- Voorhies
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westside, with the one closest to Westside listed first.
- Dellrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cash Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Boonshill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Coldwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Hughey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Pearl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Molino
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westside, with the one closest to Westside listed first.
- Cornersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Globe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Delina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Yell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Cochran
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Berlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westside, with the one closest to Westside listed first.
- Screamer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Enterprise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Southport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Scotts Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 983 people
- Broadview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Frierson Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Frierson Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frierson Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 923 people
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Culleoka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scribner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Ashwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ashwood is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
- Graymere Manor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westside, with the one closest to Westside listed first.
- Corning ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Collinwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westside, with the one closest to Westside listed first.
- Bethel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Lexington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Belew ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Arkdell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Corum ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Comer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Cedar Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Estep ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Green Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Confluence
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Lawrence County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westside, with the one closest to Westside listed first.
- Wheeler Dam Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Red Bank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westside, with the one closest to Westside listed first.
- Lester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Pettusville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Cairo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Elkmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lentzville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Ardmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hay's Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Poplar Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Caro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Athens is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,643 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westside, see our County-by-County Page for Westside.
Cemeteries Near Westside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westside.
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 Westside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westside, with the one closest to Westside listed first.
- West Side Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Scotts Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hughes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shores Church of Christ Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shores Church of Christ Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shores Church of Christ Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Anthony Hill.
- The Shores Church of Christ Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shores Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18481 <2>
- Choates Creek UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choates Creek UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Choates Creek UMC Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the west of Pulaski.
- The Choates Creek UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Choates Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10501 <2>
- Shaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fall River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shores Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1021 more) ...
- Shores Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- May Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Westside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westside, with the one closest to Westside listed first.
- Fall River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Bodenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Seven ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seven is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven
- Weakley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Dustin ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dustin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
- Goodspring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goodspring is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodspring
- Lawrenceburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wales
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Pleasant Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Minor Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Pulaski
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ethridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Appleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Marbuts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marbuts is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbuts
- Campbellsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westside.
Newspapers Published in Westside ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westside, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Westside.
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 Westside:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Giles County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Wayne County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westside) 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 Westside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |