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 White Acres (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 White Acres. 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.
White Acres 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 White Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Acres:
- Marshall County (The home county of White Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Acres, with the one closest to White Acres listed first.
- Lewisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cochran
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- South Berlin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Globe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Oak Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Orrs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- New Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Belfast
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Verona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Cornersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Anes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Acres, with the one closest to White Acres listed first.
- Palmetto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Whitaker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Unionville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shelbyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Longview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Vannatta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Bell Buckle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Raus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Wartrace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Haley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Willow Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Cortner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Acres, with the one closest to White Acres listed first.
- Trigg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Lynnville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bufords
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Olivet
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Powell Chapel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pisgah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Campbellsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Aymett Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Wales
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Gordon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Pulaski
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Acres, with the one closest to White Acres listed first.
- Webber City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Ethridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Prospect
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Acres, with the one closest to White Acres listed first.
- Petersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boonshill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Hughey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Belleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Pearl City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Harms
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Dellrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Booneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Elk Mill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Coldwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Molino
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Fayetteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Camargo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Acres, with the one closest to White Acres listed first.
- Scribner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Leftwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Culleoka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Broadview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Southport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Columbia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graymere Manor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Scotts Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 983 people
- Screamer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Ashwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashwood is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
- Carters Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carters Creek is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek
- Enterprise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Acres, with the one closest to White Acres listed first.
- Countyline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Acres, with the one closest to White Acres listed first.
- Allisona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Eagleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Midland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Patterson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Acres, with the one closest to White Acres listed first.
- Duplex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Spring Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Harpeth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- College Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Thompson's Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Peytonsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Burwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Arrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Parry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Southall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White Acres, see our County-by-County Page for White Acres.
Cemeteries Near White Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Acres.
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 White Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Acres, with the one closest to White Acres listed first.
- Elliott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Boyet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Talley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Boyett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gipson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lone Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Welch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tillmon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- London Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (1869 more) ...
- Fox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Welch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
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 White Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from White Acres, with the one closest to White Acres listed first.
- Lewisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cochran
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Globe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- South Berlin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Silver Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Bryant Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bryant Station is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Station
- Mooresville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mooresville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Cornersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Belfast
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Verona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Bivens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bivens is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivens
- Leftwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Acres.
Newspapers Published in White Acres ...
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 White Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Acres, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White Acres.
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 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 White Acres:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Giles County
- Lawrence 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> | 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 White Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- White Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |