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 Oaks (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 Oaks. 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.
White Oaks is located in Coffee 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 Coffee County: Bedford, Cannon, Franklin, Grundy, Moore, Rutherford & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near White Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Oaks:
- Coffee County (The home county of White Oaks)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Manchester
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Royal Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Belmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Forest Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- New Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Hillsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Busy Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Winton Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Stephenson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Homaway Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Tullahoma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Southgate Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Cascade Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cortner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Willow Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Haley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Raus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Wartrace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bell Buckle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shelbyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Vannatta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Longview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Burgen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Bradyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Bluewing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Estill Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Winchester Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Decherd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sand Switch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Sewanee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cowan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Garner Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Lexie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Sal City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Pelham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Monteagle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coalmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Beersheba Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Tracy City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gruetli
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Lankford Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Gruetli - Laager
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Palmer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Gattistown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Booneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Belleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Greentown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Comfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Ridgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Countyline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Plainview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Readyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burns Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Dillton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Kittrell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Midland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Rucker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Morrison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Centertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Daylight
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- McMinnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- Shellsford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Gath
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gath is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath
- Lucky
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lucky is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Dibrell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dibrell is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibrell
- Rowland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Rowland Station ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland Station is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White Oaks, see our County-by-County Page for White Oaks.
Cemeteries Near White Oaks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Oaks.
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 Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Oaks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Cypress Garden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wooten Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lusk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Granny Hickerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harmen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Carden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Minerva Lusk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hickerson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (1255 more) ...
- Huffar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crockett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Yate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Oaks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White Oaks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from White Oaks, with the one closest to White Oaks listed first.
- Manchester
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Belmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Teal ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Hillsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summitville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summitville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Prairie Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Plains is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Plains
- Tullahoma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holly ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holly is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Noah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Noah is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Normandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Naola ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Cortner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Estill Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White Oaks. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Oaks.
Newspapers Published in White Oaks ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Oaks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Oaks, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White Oaks.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 White Oaks:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Coffee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Warren 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 Oaks, 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 Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |