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 Sunny Point (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 Sunny Point. 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 Sunny Point ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sunny Point: Sunny Pt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sunny Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunny Point.
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 northwest 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 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.
Sunny Point 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 Sunny Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunny Point:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Sunny Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Hothouse
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Postell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Culberson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Burger Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Vests
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Hiwassee Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Grape Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Ogreeta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Murphy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Unaka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Brasstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Log Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Warne
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hayesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elf
(26 miles [41.8 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 Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Lake Santeetlah
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fannin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Cutcane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Pantertown
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Mineral Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McCaysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hemp
(10 miles [16.1 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fry is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Morganton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Epworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pierceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Craytonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Blue Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Gilmer County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Cherry Log
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Santaluca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- White Path
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Northcutt
(24 miles [38.6 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Tickanetley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- East Ellijay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ellijay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Murray County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Cisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tennga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Towns County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Jacksonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
- Young Harris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hiawassee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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 Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Bethlehem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Canal Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Youngcane is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Blairsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Owltown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Owltown is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Hood ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hood is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Choestoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Choestoe is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Suches
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McMinn County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Mecca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Etowah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grady
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grady is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Goodsprings
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Nonaburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Claxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Claxton is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Luskville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
- Monroe County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Coker Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Epperson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Rural Vale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Jacktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Tellico Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jalapa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Belltown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Acorn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Ballplay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Polk County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Belltown Hill
(7 miles [11.3 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chanceytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Copperhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rymers is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Servilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Servilla is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Archville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Archville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Chable ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chable is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chable
- Delano
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Parksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Parksville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ball Play
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunny Point, see our County-by-County Page for Sunny Point.
Cemeteries Near Sunny Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunny Point.
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 Sunny Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunny Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Allen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Persimmon Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hickey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dickey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clonts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Decker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shoal Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Suit Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (366 more) ...
- Beech Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Payne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Young 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 Sunny Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunny Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunny Point, with the one closest to Sunny Point listed first.
- Hothouse
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Sweet Gum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sweet Gum is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Gum
- Culberson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Letitia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Letitia is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letitia
- Postell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Wolf Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Cutcane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Vests
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Wehutty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wehutty is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehutty
- Dora ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dora is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Hothouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hothouse is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Kyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kyle is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mineral Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hiwassee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hiwassee is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee
- Grape Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunny Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunny Point.
Newspapers Published in Sunny Point ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunny Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunny Point, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunny Point.
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 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 Sunny Point:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Graham County
- Fannin County
- Gilmer County
- Murray County
- Towns County
- Union 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> | 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. |
| <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 Sunny Point, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunny Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |