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 Alley Ford (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 Alley Ford. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.
Alley Ford is located in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Anderson, Cumberland, Fentress, Roane & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Alley Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alley Ford:
- Morgan County (The home county of Alley Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Nemo
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Lancing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wartburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Deermont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Annadel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Oakdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Deer Lodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Lavender
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Sunbright
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mahan Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mahan Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Village
- Bucklick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Glades
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Oliver Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Oak Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Robertsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Scarboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Leinarts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Leinarts is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts
- Fraterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fraterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
- Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Peak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Peak is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
- Rocky Top
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Top
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Former names for Rocky Top:
- Coal Creek
- Lake City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Top <1>
- Spring Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Shea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shea is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shea
- Silica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silica is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
- Caryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Rogers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Hebbertsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Lake Pomeroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Center Ford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Fairfield Glade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlands
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Crab Orchard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbriar Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Crossville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woody
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Creston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Dykes Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Howard Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Clarkrange
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Armathwaite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Grimsley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allardt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gernt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Cumberland Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Jamestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Volunteer Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village
- Farragut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- White Wing Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Eaton Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Lenoir City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loudon City Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Sharp Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
- Luttrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Loudon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meigs County
- Surprise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Lovejoy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Obey City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Hanging Limb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Roddy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Lakewood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Spring City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Bazel Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Emory Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Cardiff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Postoak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Rockwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Midtown Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Lakemont Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Dyllis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dyllis is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis
- Kingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kries
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Laddie Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Glenmary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Hembree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hembree is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree
- Hughett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- Robbins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Robbins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- New River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Smoky Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smoky Junction is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Junction
- Montgomery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Norma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Norma is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
- Winona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Winona is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Huntsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Helenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alley Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Alley Ford.
Cemeteries Near Alley Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alley Ford.
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 Alley Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alley Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Nitzschke Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Nelson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Isaac Howard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Zumstein Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kubley Field Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canady Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gus Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Davidson / Forstner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson / Forstner Cemetery
- The Davidson / Forstner Cemetery has also been known as:
- Davidson Cemetery
- Davidson / Forrestner Cemetery
- Forrestner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12096 <2>
- Continue List (912 more) ...
- Hamby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wartburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Alley Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Alley Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alley Ford, with the one closest to Alley Ford listed first.
- Nemo
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Lancing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Montgomery ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Wartburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Islandford ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Islandford is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islandford
- Deermont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Annadel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Emory ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Emory is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Frankfort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Frankfort is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Hebbertsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Oakdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Crookedfork ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crookedfork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookedfork
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Deer Lodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Lavender
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Halfway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Halfway is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alley Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alley Ford.
Newspapers Published in Alley Ford ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alley Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alley Ford, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alley Ford.
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 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 Alley Ford:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Campbell County
- Cumberland County
- Fentress County
- Knox County
- Loudon County
- Meigs County
- Overton County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott 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> | 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 Alley Ford, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alley Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |