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 Dentons (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 Dentons. 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 northeast 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 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.
Dentons is located in Graham 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 Graham County: Cherokee, Macon, Swain, Blount (TN) & Monroe (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Dentons. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dentons:
- Graham County (The home county of Dentons)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Lake Santeetlah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Santeetlah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Santeetlah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Lake Santeetlah has also been known as:
- Santeetla
- Santeetlah
- Santultah
- Thunderbird Mountain
- Thunderbird
- Robbinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bear Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Cheoah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cheoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheoah
- Yellow Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Fontana Dam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fontana Dam is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Fontana Dam has also been known as:
- Fontana Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fontana Dam <1>
- Stecoah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Coalville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Marble
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Andrews
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boiling Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Rhodo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rhodo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodo
- Topton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Grape Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Murphy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Unaka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Ogreeta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Hiwassee Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Vests
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Brasstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hayesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Log Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Warne
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elf
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elf is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Tellico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tellico is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tellico
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Leatherman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Leatherman is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherman
- Swain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Nantahala
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nantahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantahala
- Wesser
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wesser is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesser
- Almond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Judson ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Judson is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Forney ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Forney is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Bryson City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Unahala
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Unahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unahala
- Fannin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Cutcane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Hemp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Pantertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- Towns County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Young Harris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hiawassee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
- Tate City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tate City is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tate City
- Union County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Bethlehem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Canal Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Blairsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hood ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hood is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Owltown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Owltown is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Youngcane is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Blount County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Chilhowee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chilhowee is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
- Happy Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Happy Valley is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Red Bank
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Sixmile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Brick Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Townsend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Walnut Hill Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Walnut Hill Estates is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,394 people
- Loudon County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Trigonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Jena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jena is located in Loudon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- McMinn County (TN)
- Mecca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Monroe County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Ballplay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Coker Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Jacktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Acorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Belltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Tellico Plains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Epperson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Rural Vale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Jalapa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
- Polk County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Belltown Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belltown Hill is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
- Chanceytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Ducktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rymers is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dentons, see our County-by-County Page for Dentons.
Cemeteries Near Dentons ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dentons.
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 Dentons - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dentons covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Moss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Parker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Buffalo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Massey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valleytown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wiggins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coom Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Odom Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Holloway Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (332 more) ...
- Orr Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mc Guire Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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 Dentons in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dentons.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dentons, with the one closest to Dentons listed first.
- Coalville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Marble
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Andrews
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robbinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tomotla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tomotla is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotla
- Peachtree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Peachtree is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Yellow Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Unaka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Grape Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Murphy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nantahala
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nantahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantahala
- Ogreeta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tusquitee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tusquitee is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusquitee
- Stecoah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Fairfax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fairfax is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dentons. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dentons.
Newspapers Published in Dentons ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dentons.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dentons, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dentons.
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 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 Dentons:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Graham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Macon County
- Swain County
- Fannin County
- Towns County
- Union County
- Blount County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Monroe County
- Polk 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> | 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 Dentons, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Dentons) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |