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 Fain Ford (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 Fain Ford. 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.
Fain Ford is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Fannin (GA), Union (GA), Clay, Graham, Macon, Monroe (TN) & Polk (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Fain Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fain Ford:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Fain Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Boiling Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Unaka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Coalville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Marble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ogreeta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Grape Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Hiwassee Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Murphy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Vests
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Andrews
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Buffalo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Buffalo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Brasstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Log Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Hayesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Warne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elf
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elf is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Graham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Lake Santeetlah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Cheoah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cheoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheoah
- Fontana Dam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Bear Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bear Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Stecoah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Tellico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tellico is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tellico
- Swain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Nantahala
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nantahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantahala
- Wesser
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wesser is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesser
- Almond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Judson ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Judson is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Forney ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forney is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Fannin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Cutcane
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Pantertown
(25 miles [40.2 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
- McCaysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hemp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Fry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fry is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Mineral Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morganton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Epworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pierceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Craytonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Towns County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Jacksonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
- Young Harris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hiawassee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Union County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Bethlehem
(24 miles [38.6 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Hood ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hood is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Blount County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Chilhowee
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Brick Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Sixmile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Walnut Hill Estates
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Binfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Binfield is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Red Bank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Loudon County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Trigonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Jena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jena is located in Loudon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Morganton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Greenback
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- McMinn County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Mecca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Nonaburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Englewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Etowah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grady
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grady is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Manila
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Manila is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Goodsprings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Monroe County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Coker Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Jacktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Tellico Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Belltown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Epperson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Acorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Jalapa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Rural Vale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Polk County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Belltown Hill
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rymers is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Servilla
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Servilla is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Ducktown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Copperhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Archville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Archville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Delano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fain Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Fain Ford.
Cemeteries Near Fain Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fain Ford.
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 Fain Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fain Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Green Cove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Unaka Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bryson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garrett Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- James Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Moss Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farrow Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parker Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morrow Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lenderman Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (380 more) ...
- Hiwassee Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Timpson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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 Fain Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fain Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fain Ford, with the one closest to Fain Ford listed first.
- Unaka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Ogreeta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Tomotla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tomotla is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotla
- Marble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coalville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Grape Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Rafter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rafter is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rafter
- Vests
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Murphy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Peachtree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peachtree is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Hiwassee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hiwassee is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee
- Andrews
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Coker Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Robbinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tellico Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fain Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fain Ford.
Newspapers Published in Fain Ford ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fain Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fain Ford, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fain Ford.
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 Fain Ford:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Graham 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 Fain Ford, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fain Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |