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 Woodland Mills (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 Woodland Mills. 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 Woodland Mills ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Woodland Mills: Woodland Mls. (or less commonly used: Woodland Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Woodland Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Woodland Mills.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Woodland Mills is located in Obion 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 Obion County: Fulton (KY), Dyer, Gibson, Lake & Weakley.
Below are the counties that are near Woodland Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodland Mills:
- Obion County (The home county of Woodland Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- Union City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Englewood is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Troy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rives
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Pierce Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- South Fulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McConnell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- McConnell is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- Hornbeak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Samburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Obion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Kenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- Trimble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Churchton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Churchton is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
- Newbern
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Meacham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Bogota
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Tatumville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- Tilghman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Rutherford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yorkville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Dyer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Four Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Four Points is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- New Markham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Markham is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Proctor City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Owl City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Sunkist Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Tiptonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ridgely
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- Terrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- Martin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sidonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Ralston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ralston is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Latham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Latham is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Sharon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dresden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dunlap is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
- Carlisle County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- Arlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Milburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Bardwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kirbyton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Fulton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- Jordan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Cayce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Hickman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Graves County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- Water Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wingo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pryorsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Fancy Farm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Lynnville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lynnville is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Sedalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hickman County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- Moscow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fulgham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Columbus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Spring Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Mississippi County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- Wolf Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- Pinhook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Thirtyfour Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- East Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Anniston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- New Madrid
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Point Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- La Forge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Howardville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Marston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kewanee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- Lilbourn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Conran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- North Lilbourn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Ogden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- Stewart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodland Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Woodland Mills.
Cemeteries Near Woodland Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodland Mills.
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 Woodland Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodland Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fremont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Joyner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harelson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alexander Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bacon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beech Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Phebus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (472 more) ...
- East View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View Cemetery
- The East View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eastview Cemetery
- Union City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11611 <2>
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Woodland Mills had a population of 223 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Woodland Mills had a population of 358 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodland Mills, with the one closest to Woodland Mills listed first.
- Crystal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crystal is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Jordan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Fremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fremont is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Union City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Clayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clayton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Hickman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Protemus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Protemus is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Troy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rives
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Harris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harris is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Moscow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Moffatt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Moffatt is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffatt
- Pierce Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- Terrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodland Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodland Mills.
Newspapers Published in Woodland Mills ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodland Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodland Mills, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodland Mills.
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 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 Woodland Mills:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Obion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dyer County
- Gibson County
- Lake County
- Weakley County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Graves County
- Hickman County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot 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 Woodland Mills, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Woodland Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |