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 Big Pine (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 Big Pine. 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.
Big Pine is located in Madison County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madison County: Buncombe, Haywood, Yancey, Cocke (TN), Greene (TN) & Unicoi (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Big Pine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Big Pine:
- Madison County (The home county of Big Pine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Pine, with the one closest to Big Pine listed first.
- Spring Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Trust
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trust is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lynch is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Walnut
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Marshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stackhouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Hot Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rollins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Hurricane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hurricane is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Chapel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Allenstand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Pine, with the one closest to Big Pine listed first.
- Sandymush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandymush is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
- Sandymush has also been known as:
- Sandy Mush
- Alexander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leicester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newfound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Newfound is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
- Flat Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Stoney Knob
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Knob is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Knob
- Weaverville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodfin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Democrat
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Democrat is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Candler
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Acton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Emma
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Emma is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Enka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Pine, with the one closest to Big Pine listed first.
- Teague ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Teague is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Clyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Morning Star
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Lake Junaluska
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Waynesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Maggie Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cruso
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Pine, with the one closest to Big Pine listed first.
- Fletcher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mills River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- Balsam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yancey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Pine, with the one closest to Big Pine listed first.
- Higgins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Higgins is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
- Concord
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Murchison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Murchison is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
- Pensacola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pensacola is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Burnsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Low Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Low Gap is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Ramseytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ramseytown is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown
- Sioux
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sioux is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux
- Cocke County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Pine, with the one closest to Big Pine listed first.
- Wolf Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Nough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nough is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
- Tom Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tom Town is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Del Rio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Naillon ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Naillon is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
- West Myers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Myers is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
- Hartford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Parrottsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edwina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Wilton Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Jimtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Cosby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Greene County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Pine, with the one closest to Big Pine listed first.
- Cedar Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Sirenburg ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sirenburg is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg
- Camp Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Camp Creek is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Water Fork Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Water Fork Mill is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Fork Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 445 people
- Bright Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bright Hope is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
- Henshaw ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Henshaw is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
- Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
- Little Chucky ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little Chucky is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky
- Greeneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Forest Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Hills is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
- Horse Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Horse Creek is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
- Pleasant View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
- Tusculum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tusculum is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
- Bolton Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Unicoi County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Pine, with the one closest to Big Pine listed first.
- Flag Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Clear Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Former name for Clear Branch:
- Kittyton
- Ernestville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ernestville is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Bumpus Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Washington County (TN)
- Nolichucky ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nolichucky is located in Washington County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Big Pine, see our County-by-County Page for Big Pine.
Cemeteries Near Big Pine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Big Pine.
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 Big Pine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Big Pine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Big Pine, with the one closest to Big Pine listed first.
- Big Pine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Massey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Henderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
- The Henderson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eldon Henderson Cemetery
- Henderson - Worley Cemetery
- Lower Big Pine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2496346 <2>
- Reagan Worley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Payne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Farmer Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crooked Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buckner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Payne Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lunceford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rector Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (535 more) ...
- Hagen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Freeman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fortner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Big Pine had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Big Pine, with the one closest to Big Pine listed first.
- Spring Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Barnard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barnard is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lynch is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Sandy Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Canto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canto is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canto
- Marshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stackhouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Hot Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandymush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandymush is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
- Sandymush has also been known as:
- Sandy Mush
- Rollins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Paint Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paint Rock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fines Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fines Creek is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fines Creek
- Leicester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alexander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Big Pine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Pine.
Newspapers Published in Big Pine ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Pine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Big Pine, 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 Big Pine.
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 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 Big Pine:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Jackson County
- Yancey County
- Cocke County
- Greene County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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 Big Pine, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Big Pine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |