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 Hidetown (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 Hidetown. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hidetown 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 Hidetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hidetown:
- Graham County (The home county of Hidetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Stecoah
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Cheoah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cheoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheoah
- Bear Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Robbinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fontana Dam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Yellow Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Lake Santeetlah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Topton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rhodo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rhodo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodo
- Buffalo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Andrews
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Marble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Murphy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Unaka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Ogreeta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Hayesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elf is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Brasstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Warne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Log Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Whittier
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wilmot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wilmot is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Paint Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Paint Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Town
- Gay
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gay is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
- Greens Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greens Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Creek
- Dillsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sylva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Webster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Webster is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Cullowhee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forest Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forest Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Forest Hills has also been known as:
- Forest Hills village
- Village of Forest Hills
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Hills <1>
- Addie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Addie is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- East Laport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Laport is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laport
- Erastus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Erastus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erastus
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Tellico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tellico is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tellico
- Leatherman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Leatherman is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherman
- Franklin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Ellijay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellijay is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellijay
- Otto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orlando
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orlando is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
- Swain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Nantahala
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nantahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantahala
- Wesser
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesser is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesser
- Almond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Judson ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Judson is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Forney ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Forney is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Bryson City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Unahala
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Unahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unahala
- Cherokee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oconaluftee Indian Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Towns County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Tate City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tate City is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tate City
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hunt is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Hiawassee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Blount County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Red Bank
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Townsend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chilhowee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chilhowee is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
- Happy Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Valley is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Miller Cove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Miller Cove is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
- Walland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sixmile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Cowan Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cowan Springs is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
- Rocky Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rocky Branch is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
- Seaton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seaton is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Chelsey Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Walnut Hill Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Brick Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Monroe County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Ballplay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Sevier County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Elkmont ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elkmont is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont
- Wear Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Chalet Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chalet Village is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village
- Gatlinburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Starkeytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Starkeytown is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkeytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 431 people
- Waldens Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Pigeon Forge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hidetown, see our County-by-County Page for Hidetown.
Cemeteries Near Hidetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hidetown.
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 Hidetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hidetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Jenkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Edwards Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Randolph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cable Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sawyer Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Panther Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Breedlove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blankenship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gunter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rice Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (331 more) ...
- Holloway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Hidetown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hidetown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hidetown, with the one closest to Hidetown listed first.
- Stecoah
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Tuskeegee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tuskeegee is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Hewitt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hewitt is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Nantahala
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nantahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantahala
- Judson ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Judson is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Robbinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Proctor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Proctor is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Yellow Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Fairfax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfax is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Aquone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Aquone is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquone
- Bryson City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Andrews
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Leatherman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Leatherman is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hidetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hidetown.
Newspapers Published in Hidetown ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hidetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hidetown, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hidetown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hidetown:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Graham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Jackson County
- Macon County
- Swain County
- Towns County
- Blount County
- Monroe County
- Sevier 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 Hidetown, 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 from Point A (ie- Hidetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |