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 Austin Springs (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 Austin Springs. 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 Austin Springs ...
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 Austin Springs: Austin Spgs. (or less commonly used: Austin Spngs. or Austin Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Austin Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Austin Springs .
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Austin Springs is located in Washington 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 Washington County : Carter , Greene , Hawkins , Sullivan & Unicoi .
Below are the counties that are near Austin Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Austin Springs:
Washington County (The home county of Austin Springs)
The following are listed by their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Austin Village (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Austin Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village Oakland Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Oakland Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village Flourville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Flourville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville Carnegie (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie Johnson City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
North Johnson City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
North Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City Oak Grove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Oak Grove is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove East Ridge (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
East Ridge is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
Camelot Two (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Camelot Two is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
South Gate Village (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
South Gate Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Village Midway (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Midway is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Onks (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Onks is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onks Estimated population in 2014: 3,715 people
Gray (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Carter County
The following are listed by their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Watauga (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Central (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Central is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Biltmore (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Biltmore is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Pine Crest (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Pine Crest is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Elizabethton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Hunter (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Hunter is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Gap Run (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run Siam (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Siam is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam Hampton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Woodby Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Woodby Hill is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
Tolley Town (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Tolley Town is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town Fish Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Fish Springs is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs Buladeen (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Buladeen is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen Former names for Buladeen:
Colesville Magnetic Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Milburnton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Milburnton is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton Centersville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Centersville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Jearoldstown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Jearoldstown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown Rheatown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Horse Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Horse Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
Afton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Fairview (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Fairview is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Henshaw ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Henshaw is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Pleasant View (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant View is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
Tusculum (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Tusculum is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
Bolton Estates (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Bolton Estates is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
Baileyton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Water Fork Mill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Water Fork Mill is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Fork Mill Estimated population in 2014: 445 people
Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Rotherwood (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood Greenvale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Greenvale is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Mount Carmel (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Solitude ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Solitude is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Block City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Block City is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City Frisco (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Frisco is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Green Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Green Village is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Church Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Waycross (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Waycross is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
Blossom (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Blossom is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Chimneytop ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop New Canton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
New Canton is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton Greenland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Greenland is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Butler (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
High Health ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
High Health is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health Norris (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Norris is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
Winchester (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Winchester is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
Vaughtsville ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville Mountain City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Sullivan County
The following are listed by their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Piney Flats (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Childress (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Thom ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Lella ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Lella is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella Bluff City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Bluff City is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
Former name for Bluff City:
Zollicoffer Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
Colby ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Colby is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby Galloway Mill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Galloway Mill is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Mill Estimated population in 2014: 665 people
Wahoo ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Wahoo is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Sac ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Sac is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac Fordtown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Fordtown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown Blountville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek Cedar Grove (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Cedar Grove is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Whispering Pines (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines Unicoi (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Limestone Cove (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove Erwin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Banner Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
Bumpus Cove (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
Indian Creek ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Ernestville (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Ernestville is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
Clear Branch (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch Former name for Clear Branch:
Kittyton Loganton ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Loganton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Flag Pond (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Avery County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Mount Gilead (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead Elk Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Whaley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Whaley is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley Beech Mountain (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Minneapolis (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Minneapolis is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis Vale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Vale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale Banner Elk (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Dale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Dale Mitchell County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Richlands (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands Buladean (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean Bailey (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Herrell ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell Huntdale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale Relief (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief Tipton Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek Red Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Bakersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Watauga County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Watauga Falls ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls Rominger (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Rominger is located in Watauga County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger Yancey County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Sioux (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Ramseytown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown Green Mountain (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Day Book (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book Higgins (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Double Island (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Double Island is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Austin Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Austin Springs .
Cemeteries Near Austin Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Austin Springs.
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 Austin Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Austin Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Devault Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Bowman - Epperson Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Kinnick Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Barne Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Wolfe Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hodge Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hawthorne Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hodge Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Massengill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Duncan Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Patton Chapel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (949 more) ...
Range Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Crumley Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Longmire Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Austin Springs had a population of 122 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Austin Springs, with the one closest to Austin Springs listed first.
Flourville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Flourville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville Johnson City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
Carnegie (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie Watauga (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Piney Flats (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Childress (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Milligan (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Milligan is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milligan Hilton ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Hilton is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Keenburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Keenburg is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenburg Boring (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Boring is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boring Thom ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Keebler Crossroads (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Keebler Crossroads is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler Crossroads Continue List (15 more) ...
Okolona (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Okolona is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona Elizabethton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Colby ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Colby is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Austin Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Austin Springs .
Newspapers Published in Austin Springs ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Austin Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Austin Springs, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Austin Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Austin Springs:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Washington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Carter County Greene County Hawkins County Johnson County Sullivan County Unicoi County Avery County Mitchell County Watauga County Yancey County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Austin Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Austin Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Austin Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.