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 Yellow Creek (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 Yellow Creek. 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 Yellow Creek ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Yellow Creek: Yellow Crk. (or less commonly used: Yellow Ck. or Yellow Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Yellow Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Yellow Creek.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Yellow Creek is located in Dickson 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 Dickson County: Cheatham, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Yellow Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yellow Creek:
- Dickson County (The home county of Yellow Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Creek, with the one closest to Yellow Creek listed first.
- Tennessee City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Vanleer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Dickson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Charlotte
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Slayden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Dunn Chapel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Woods Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Pomona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Stayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
- Burns
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Creek, with the one closest to Yellow Creek listed first.
- Brevards Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Faxon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Creek, with the one closest to Yellow Creek listed first.
- Bell Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Neptune
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Kingston Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cheap Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Henrietta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Ashland City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Pegram
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Lockertsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Lillamay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lillamay is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillamay
- Sycamore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Doziers ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Doziers is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doziers
- Estimated population in 2014: 543 people
- Marrowbone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Davidson County
- Linton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Creek, with the one closest to Yellow Creek listed first.
- Salt Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Whitehouse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Bon Aqua Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
- Lyles
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Graham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Wrigley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Nunnelly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Only
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Graytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Tottys Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Primm Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Creek, with the one closest to Yellow Creek listed first.
- Omega ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Erin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Tennessee Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Creek, with the one closest to Yellow Creek listed first.
- McEwen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethpage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Halls Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Pigeon Roost
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Trinity
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Hurricane Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Grandmother Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Plant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Bakerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Hustburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Creek, with the one closest to Yellow Creek listed first.
- Louise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Oakridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- McAllisters Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liverworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Southside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dotsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Fredonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Oakwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Oak Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains
- Clarksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Louise Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Perry County
- Lobelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Creek, with the one closest to Yellow Creek listed first.
- Cumberland City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Throckmorton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Indian Mound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Legate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Creek, with the one closest to Yellow Creek listed first.
- Loriland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Loriland is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fernvale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fernvale is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yellow Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Yellow Creek.
Cemeteries Near Yellow Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yellow Creek.
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 Yellow Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yellow Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yellow Creek, with the one closest to Yellow Creek listed first.
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Long Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Yates Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dotson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dickson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lamastus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (853 more) ...
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- The Adams Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nelson Adams Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8481 <2>
- Adams - Nesbitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nesbitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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>
While we didn't find Yellow Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yellow Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yellow Creek, with the one closest to Yellow Creek listed first.
- Edgewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewood is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Tennessee City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Sylvia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvia is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
- Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Omega ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Vanleer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McEwen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dickson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Charlotte
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Colesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colesburg is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Gorman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gorman is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Pomona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Cumberland Furnace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yellow Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yellow Creek.
Newspapers Published in Yellow Creek ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yellow Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yellow Creek, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yellow Creek.
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 Yellow Creek:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Dickson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Montgomery County
- Perry County
- Stewart 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 Yellow Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Yellow Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |