RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Tennessee >> Sevier County >> Allensville >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Allensville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allensville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Allensville:
    • 35.912591, -83.487111
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Allensville
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Sevier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
    • Since Allensville is near Jefferson County and also Cocke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cocke County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Allensville

Communities Also Named Allensville ...

We found nine communities that are also named Allensville.

Within Tennessee, the name Allensville is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Forsyth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Allensville [Forsyth County].
    • Indiana
      • Switzerland County
      • This Allensville is located in Switzerland County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Allensville that is located in Sevier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Switzerland County community of Allensville.
    • Kentucky
      • Clark County
      • This Allensville is located in Clark County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Allensville that is located in Sevier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Allensville.
      • Todd County
      • This Allensville is located in Todd County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the west northwest of the Allensville that is located in Sevier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Allensville.
    • North Carolina
      • Person County
      • This Allensville is located in Person County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<2> to the east of the Allensville that is located in Sevier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Person County community of Allensville.
    • Ohio
      • Vinton County
      • This Allensville is located in Vinton County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<2> to the north of the Allensville that is located in Sevier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Allensville.
    • Ontario
      • This Allensville lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Allensville that is located in Sevier County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mifflin County
      • This Allensville is located in Mifflin County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Allensville that is located in Sevier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Allensville.
    • West Virginia
      • Berkeley County
      • This Allensville is located in Berkeley County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Allensville that is located in Sevier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Allensville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Allensville ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Alder Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Alder Branch is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Branch
  • Cedar Bluff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Bluff is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
  • Cherokee Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • Deep Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Deep Springs is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
  • Fox ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fox is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
  • French Broad ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • French Broad is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Broad
  • Harrisburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
  • Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Powder Springs ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Powder Springs is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs
  • Shady Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Union Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Grove is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
  • Union Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Hill is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Walnut Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

How Far From Allensville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Allensville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Allensville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Allensville and extending to:

  • Sevierville, which is the Seat of Sevier County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Allensville to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 409 miles [658.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,301 miles [10,140.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,010 miles [11,281.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,886 miles [7,863.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Allensville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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- Allensville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Allensville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Allensville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Allensville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9126, Longitude: -83.4871       In this case, the coordinates for Allensville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.783 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.443 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.369 degrees.