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 Allardt (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 Allardt. 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 hospitals and 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.
Allardt is located in Fentress County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fentress County: Cumberland, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Putnam & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Allardt. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Allardt:
- Fentress County (The home county of Allardt)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Cumberland Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Jamestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Armathwaite
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Grimsley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gernt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Little Crab
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Cooper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Pall Mall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Clarkrange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Woody
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Hebbertsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Fairfield Glade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Pomeroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Woodlands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Creston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Rogers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Dykes Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Center Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Crossville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greenbriar Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Burrville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Glades
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Deer Lodge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Bucklick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Lavender
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Sunbright
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Annadel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Mill Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Lancing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wartburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Poteet ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Poteet is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet
- Hanging Limb
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Oak Dale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oak Dale is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
- Estimated population in 2014: 222 people
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Lovejoy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Obey City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Taylors Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Taylors Crossroads is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Crossroads
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Free Communion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Free Communion is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Communion
- Garretts Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garretts Mill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Mill
- Livingston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Beaver Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Pickett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Cedar Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chanute
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Byrdstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Static
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Static is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Monterey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jeremiah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jeremiah is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Elgin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Glenmary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- West Robbins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Robbins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New River
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Helenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Verdun
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Verdun is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- Hughett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- Huntsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oneida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Oneida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Foster Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Clinton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Static
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Static is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Savage
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Savage is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Albany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alpha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alpha is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Browns Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Crossroads is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Crossroads
- McCreary County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Strunk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Pine Knot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Revelo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Smith Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Wayne County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Mount Pisgah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Slickford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Parmleysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Shearer Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Sumpter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Murl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Murl is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Allardt, see our County-by-County Page for Allardt.
Cemeteries Near Allardt ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Allardt.
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 Allardt - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Allardt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Allardt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Owens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spurlin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tench Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ward Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Potter Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the east of Jamestown.
- The Potter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Julian Potter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17366 <3>
- Terry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (709 more) ...
- Copley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jamestown City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roanoke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Allardt had a population of 223 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Allardt had a population of 639 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Allardt, with the one closest to Allardt listed first.
- Jamestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Armathwaite
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Boiling ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boiling is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling
- Tinch ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tinch is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinch
- Boatland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Boatland is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boatland
- Keese ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Keese is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keese
- Banner Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Banner Springs is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Springs
- Burrville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Stowers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stowers is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowers
- Glades
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Rugby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roslin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Roslin is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Little Crab
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Pall Mall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Lodge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Allardt. See our List of 1890's Communities around Allardt.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Allardt ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Allardt.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Allardt. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Allardt and those printed in the larger area surrounding Allardt.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> of Allardt.
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 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 Allardt:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Fentress County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Pickett County
- Putnam County
- Scott County
- Clinton County
- McCreary County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Allardt) 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 Allardt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |