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 Yukon (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 Yukon. 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 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.
Yukon is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Limestone (AL), Madison (AL), Bedford, Franklin, Giles, Marshall & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Yukon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yukon:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Yukon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yukon, with the one closest to Yukon listed first.
- Camargo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Molino
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Coldwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Pearl City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Park City Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Harms
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Fayetteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Elk Mill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Cash Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Dellrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yukon, with the one closest to Yukon listed first.
- Whitaker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Palmetto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Raus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Shelbyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yukon, with the one closest to Yukon listed first.
- Lexie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Garner Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Huntland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Winchester Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yukon, with the one closest to Yukon listed first.
- Wheelerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Ardmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkmont Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Dickson Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Frankewing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Pisgah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Aymett Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Trigg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Prospect
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Powell Chapel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Green Field
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yukon, with the one closest to Yukon listed first.
- Delina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Talley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Yell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Cornersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Belfast
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Cochran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Lewisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Globe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- South Berlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yukon, with the one closest to Yukon listed first.
- Lynchburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Countyline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Colbert County (AL)
- Garner ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garner is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yukon, with the one closest to Yukon listed first.
- Francisco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Estillfork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Hollytree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yukon, with the one closest to Yukon listed first.
- Ardmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Center Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Pettusville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Elkmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hay's Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Capshaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Fairmount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,643 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <1>
- Country Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yukon, with the one closest to Yukon listed first.
- Elkwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Hazel Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Harvest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Meridianville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Jeff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Moore's Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- New Market
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Normal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yukon, see our County-by-County Page for Yukon.
Cemeteries Near Yukon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yukon.
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 Yukon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yukon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yukon, with the one closest to Yukon listed first.
- Prosperity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pitts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Blair Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Marys Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Moyers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bates Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sandlin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McFerrin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pitts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pitts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bearden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cole Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1431 more) ...
- Kirkland Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandlin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fife Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Yukon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yukon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yukon, with the one closest to Yukon listed first.
- Camargo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Molino
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Coldwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Blanche
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanche is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Harms
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Fayetteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Dellrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fisk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fisk is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Lincoln
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Millville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hughey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Boonshill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Kelso
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yukon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yukon.
Newspapers Published in Yukon ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yukon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yukon, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yukon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Yukon:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Colbert County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Madison 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> | 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 Yukon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Yukon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |