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 Sandy Bottom (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 Sandy Bottom. 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.
Sandy Bottom is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Buncombe, Haywood, Yancey, Cocke (TN), Greene (TN) & Unicoi (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Sandy Bottom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandy Bottom:
- Madison County (The home county of Sandy Bottom)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Stackhouse
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Walnut
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Hurricane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hurricane is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Hot Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Marshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Allenstand
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
- Cutshalltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cutshalltown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
- White Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Rollins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lynch is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Sandymush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sandymush is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
- Sandymush has also been known as:
- Sandy Mush
- Alexander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leicester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Flat Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Democrat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Democrat is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Stoney Knob
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Knob is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Knob
- Weaverville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newfound
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Newfound is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
- Woodfin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barnardsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rockview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rockview is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
- Beech
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beech is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Emma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Emma is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Teague ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Teague is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Mount Sterling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Clyde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Morning Star
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Lake Junaluska
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Waynesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maggie Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cruso
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Hazelwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Mitchell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Huntdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huntdale is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale
- Bailey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Relief
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Relief is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Richlands
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richlands is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
- Tipton Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill
- Yancey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Higgins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Higgins is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Ramseytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ramseytown is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown
- Murchison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Murchison is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
- Pensacola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pensacola is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Sioux
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sioux is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux
- Burnsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Low Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Low Gap is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Day Book
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Day Book is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book
- Green Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cocke County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Wolf Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Nough
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nough is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
- Tom Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tom Town is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Del Rio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Naillon ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Naillon is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
- West Myers
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Myers is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
- Parrottsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Hartford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Edwina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Jimtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Wilton Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Newport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Greene County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Cedar Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Camp Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Camp Creek is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Sirenburg ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sirenburg is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg
- Water Fork Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Water Fork Mill is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Fork Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 445 people
- Henshaw ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Henshaw is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
- Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
- Bright Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bright Hope is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
- Greeneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Forest Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Hills is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
- Horse Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Horse Creek is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
- Pleasant View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
- Tusculum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tusculum is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
- Little Chucky ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Chucky is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky
- Afton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Unicoi County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Flag Pond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Clear Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Former name for Clear Branch:
- Kittyton
- Ernestville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ernestville is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Bumpus Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Banner Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
- Erwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Nolichucky ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nolichucky is located in Washington County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
- Conklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Conklin is located in Washington County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin
- Limestone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mill Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Kansas City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kansas City is located in Washington County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Washington County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Telford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandy Bottom, see our County-by-County Page for Sandy Bottom.
Cemeteries Near Sandy Bottom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Bottom.
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 Sandy Bottom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandy Bottom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Anderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dockery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Treadway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fortner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Johnson Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walnut Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Goldsmith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McDevitt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- George W. Gahagan
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wallin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Continue List (578 more) ...
- Henderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gahagan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahagan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gahagan Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Walnut.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47433 <3>
- Goforth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Sandy Bottom had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Barnard
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Barnard is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Stackhouse
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Hot Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Big Pine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Pine is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pine
- Spring Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Marshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Laurel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Laurel is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lynch is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Rollins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- White Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Paint Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Paint Rock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Allegheny
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allegheny is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
- Wolf Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Canto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Canto is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canto
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandy Bottom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandy Bottom.
Newspapers Published in Sandy Bottom ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Bottom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Bottom, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandy Bottom.
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 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 Sandy Bottom:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Mitchell County
- Yancey County
- Cocke County
- Greene County
- Unicoi County
- Washington 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandy Bottom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | 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 Sandy Bottom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |