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 Williams Chapel (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 Williams Chapel. 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.
Name Variations for Williams Chapel ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Williams Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Williams Chapel may originally have been William's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Williams Chapel might be written as William Chapel.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Williams Chapel. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Williams Chapel.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Williams Chapel is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Crittenden (AR), DeSoto (MS), Marshall (MS), Fayette & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Williams Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Williams Chapel:
- Shelby County (The home county of Williams Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Chapel, with the one closest to Williams Chapel listed first.
- Millington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rosemark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Lucy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Spring Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Bartlett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Giles Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Cordova
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Chapel, with the one closest to Williams Chapel listed first.
- Gallaway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Braden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Canadaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Oakland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Elba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Macon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- New Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Feathers Chapel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Piperton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- Rossville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Chapel, with the one closest to Williams Chapel listed first.
- Fredonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dancyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dancyville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Chapel, with the one closest to Williams Chapel listed first.
- Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Glimp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Henning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Luckett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Ashport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Durhamville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Daniels Point Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Chapel, with the one closest to Williams Chapel listed first.
- Wilkinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Atoka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Munford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Idaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Drummonds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Clopton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Gainesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Gilt Edge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Burlison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Corona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Chapel, with the one closest to Williams Chapel listed first.
- Mound City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
- Clarkedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- James Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Sunset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Hulbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- West Memphis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Turrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gilmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Amanca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Crawfordsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Chapel, with the one closest to Williams Chapel listed first.
- Wilson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Bassett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Driver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Frenchmans Bayou
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Joiner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Bardstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Marie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Denwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Birdsong
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Osceola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <2>
- Dyess
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dyess is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyess
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyess <2>
- Keiser
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Chapel, with the one closest to Williams Chapel listed first.
- Olive Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Southaven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Horn Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Southhaven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Aldens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Lynchburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Marshall County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williams Chapel, with the one closest to Williams Chapel listed first.
- Barton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Cayce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Williams Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Williams Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Williams Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Williams Chapel.
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 Williams Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Williams Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Williams Chapel, with the one closest to Williams Chapel listed first.
- Williams Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bethuel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Noahs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kerrville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gildfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Canaan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goldsby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saluted Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (411 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Williams Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Williams Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Williams Chapel, with the one closest to Williams Chapel listed first.
- Pearley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pearley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearley
- Kerrville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kerrville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrville
- Millington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rosemark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Barretville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barretville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretville
- Lucy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Tipton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tipton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Brunswick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atoka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bartlett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Munford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Quito
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Quito is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quito
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cuba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Drummonds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Williams Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williams Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Williams Chapel ...
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 213 newspapers that have been published in the area around Williams Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Williams Chapel, 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 Williams Chapel.
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 websites either 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 Williams Chapel:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Tipton County
- Crittenden County
- Mississippi County
- DeSoto County
- Marshall County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Williams Chapel, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Williams Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |