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 Martins Creek (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 Martins Creek. 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.
Name Variations for Martins Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Martins Creek: Martins Crk. (or less commonly used: Martins Ck. or Martins Cr.)
- While the name of this community is Martins Creek, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Martins Creek may originally have been Martin's Creek.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Martins Creek might be written as Martin Creek.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Martins Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Martins Creek.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Martins Creek 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 Martins Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Martins Creek:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Martins Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Murphy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grape Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Culberson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Ogreeta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Marble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hiwassee Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Hothouse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Boiling Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Vests
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Postell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Coalville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Unaka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Burger Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Brasstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Log Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Warne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hayesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elf is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Graham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Bear Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Robbinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Santeetlah
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Cheoah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cheoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheoah
- Yellow Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Fontana Dam
(30 miles [48.3 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 <2>
- Stecoah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Macon County
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Swain County
- Nantahala
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nantahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantahala
- Fannin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Hemp
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Cutcane
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Craytonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Mineral Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morganton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pantertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- Margret
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Margret is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
- Blue Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- McCaysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Epworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fry is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Pierceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Gilmer County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Cherry Log
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Santaluca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- White Path
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Tickanetley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Northcutt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Northcutt is located in Gilmer County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
- Rolston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Lumpkin County (GA)
- Willow ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Towns County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Jacksonville
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hiawassee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hunt is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Tate City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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 Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Bethlehem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Canal Lake
(9 miles [14.5 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Owltown
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Hood ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hood is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Choestoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Choestoe is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Suches
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- White County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Robertstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robertstown is located in White County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Helen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nacoochee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nacoochee is located in White County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Naguchee is located in White County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Yonah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yonah is located in White County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Monroe County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Coker Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Epperson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Jacktown
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Rural Vale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Tellico Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jalapa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Belltown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Polk County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Belltown Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Belltown Hill is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
- Ducktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chanceytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Copperhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rymers is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Servilla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Servilla is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Archville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Archville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Martins Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Martins Creek.
Cemeteries Near Martins Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Martins Creek.
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 Martins Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Martins Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Old Martins Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Haigler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ivy Log Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lighthouse Full Gospel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ivylog Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Long Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- Mc Guire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hiwassee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Martins Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Martins Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Martins Creek, with the one closest to Martins Creek listed first.
- Brasstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Murphy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peachtree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peachtree is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Letitia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Letitia is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letitia
- Grape Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Culberson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Warne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tomotla
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tomotla is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotla
- Welch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Welch is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
- Sweet Gum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sweet Gum is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Gum
- Ogreeta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Dora ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dora is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Blairsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Trackrock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trackrock is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trackrock
- Marble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Martins Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Martins Creek.
Newspapers Published in Martins Creek ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Martins Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Martins Creek, 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 Martins Creek.
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 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 Martins Creek:
- 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
- Gilmer County
- Lumpkin County
- Towns County
- Union County
- White County
- Monroe County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Martins Creek, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Martins Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |