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 Robbinsville (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 Robbinsville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Robbinsville is located in Graham County and is the County Seat.
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 Robbinsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Robbinsville:
- Graham County (The home county of Robbinsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Cheoah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cheoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheoah
- Lake Santeetlah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Bear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Yellow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Fontana Dam
(7 miles [11.3 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 <1>
- Stecoah
(7 miles [11.3 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 Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Rhodo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rhodo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodo
- Topton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Andrews
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Buffalo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Coalville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Marble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Grape Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Murphy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Unaka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Ogreeta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Hiwassee Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Hayesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elf is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Brasstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warne
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pine Log Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- 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 Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Whittier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wilmot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilmot is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Gay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gay is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
- Greens Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Greens Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Creek
- Paint Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Paint Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Town
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Tellico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tellico is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tellico
- Leatherman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leatherman is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherman
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Otto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Swain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Nantahala
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nantahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantahala
- Wesser
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wesser is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesser
- Almond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Judson ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Judson is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Forney ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forney is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Bryson City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Unahala
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Unahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unahala
- Cherokee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oconaluftee Indian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Towns County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hunt is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Hiawassee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Young Harris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- 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
- Jacksonville
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Blount County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Chilhowee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chilhowee is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
- Happy Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Valley is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Red Bank
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Sixmile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Townsend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Miller Cove
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Walnut Hill Estates
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Chelsey Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Rocky Branch
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Seaton is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Brick Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Loudon County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville 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
- Monroe County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- 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
- Ballplay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Acorn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Belltown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Jacktown
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Coker Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Tellico Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- 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
- Vonore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Epperson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Sevier County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Elkmont ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elkmont is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont
- Wear Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Chalet Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chalet Village is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Robbinsville, see our County-by-County Page for Robbinsville.
Cemeteries Near Robbinsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Robbinsville.
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 Robbinsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Robbinsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Massey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wiggins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holloway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Buffalo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Odom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Coom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edwards Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sawyer Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (344 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Breedlove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blankenship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Robbinsville had a population of 93 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Robbinsville had a population of 716 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Robbinsville, with the one closest to Robbinsville listed first.
- Yellow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Stecoah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Tuskeegee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuskeegee is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Andrews
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nantahala
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nantahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantahala
- Fairfax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fairfax is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Hewitt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hewitt is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Coalville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Proctor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Marble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aquone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aquone is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquone
- Judson ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Judson is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Tomotla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tomotla is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotla
- Tusquitee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tusquitee is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusquitee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Robbinsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Robbinsville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Robbinsville ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Robbinsville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Robbinsville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Robbinsville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Robbinsville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Robbinsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Robbinsville:
- 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
- Loudon 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 Robbinsville, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Robbinsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |