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 Bald Crossing (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 Bald Crossing. 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 Bald Crossing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bald Crossing: Bald Xing.
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 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.
Bald Crossing 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 Bald Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bald Crossing:
Washington County (The home county of Bald Crossing)
The following are listed by their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Telford (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Leesburg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Leesburg is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Jonesborough (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Green Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Green Hill is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Onks (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Onks is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onks Estimated population in 2014: 3,715 people
Big Sandy (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Big Sandy is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
Bowmantown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Bowmantown is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
Midway (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Midway is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Conklin (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Conklin is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Kansas City (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Kansas City is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City Oakland (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Oakland is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Locust Mount (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Locust Mount is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount Limestone (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Carter County
The following are listed by their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Pine Crest (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Pine Crest is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Central (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Central is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Watauga (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Gap Run (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run Woodby Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Woodby Hill is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
Elizabethton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Tolley Town (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Tolley Town is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town Biltmore (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Biltmore is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Hampton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hunter (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Hunter is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Siam (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Siam is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam Burbank (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Burbank is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Fish Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Fish Springs is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Milburnton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Milburnton is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton Centersville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Centersville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Horse Creek (10 miles [16.1 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
Rheatown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Jearoldstown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Jearoldstown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown Afton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Fairview (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Henshaw ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Henshaw was located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Pleasant View (14 miles [22.5 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 (14 miles [22.5 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Bolton Estates is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
Water Fork Mill (16 miles [25.7 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
Forest Hills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Forest Hills is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Chimneytop ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Chimneytop was located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop Blossom (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Blossom is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Rotherwood (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood Solitude ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Solitude was located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Church Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Green Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Green Village is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village 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 Mount Carmel (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Greenland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Greenland is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Kepler (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Kepler is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler New Canton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
New Canton is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton Frisco (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Frisco is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Greenvale (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Greenvale is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Butler (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
High Health ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
High Health was located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health Sullivan County
The following are listed by their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Fordtown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Fordtown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Kendrick Creek was located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek Wahoo ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Wahoo was located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Colby ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Colby was located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby Colonial Heights (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Blair Gap (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
Piney Flats (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Beechwood Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Thom ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Thom was located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Borden Village (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Borden Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village Childress (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Kingsport (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Lella ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Lella was located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Bumpus Cove (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
Banner Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
Erwin (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Unicoi (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Indian Creek ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Indian Creek was located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Whispering Pines (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines Ernestville (13 miles [20.9 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 (14 miles [22.5 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(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Loganton was located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Limestone Cove (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove Flag Pond (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Avery County (NC)
Elk Park (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Allegheny (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Allenstand (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Cutshalltown (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown White Rock (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
White Rock is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Foster Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Foster Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek Chapel Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Bethel (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Bethel is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Hurricane (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Stackhouse (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse Ivy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Ivy is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Mars Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Petersburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Petersburg is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Hot Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Mitchell County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Richlands (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands Bailey (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Huntdale (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale Relief (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief Buladean (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean Tipton Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill Herrell ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Herrell was located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell Red Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Little Rock Creek was located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek Bakersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Yancey County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Sioux (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Ramseytown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown Higgins (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Day Book (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book Green Mountain (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Burnsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Double Island (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Double Island is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island Concord (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Concord is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Low Gap (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Low Gap is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap Micaville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Newdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Newdale is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale Pensacola (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Pensacola is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bald Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Bald Crossing .
Cemeteries Near Bald Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bald Crossing.
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 Bald Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bald Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Slonaker Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Patton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Brown Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Telford Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Barron Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Sliger Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Lyle Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
May - Thomas Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Harris Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Middleton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
McCarty Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Earnests Chapel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (1110 more) ...
Sevier Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Bowman Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
New Victory Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Bald Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bald Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bald Crossing, with the one closest to Bald Crossing listed first.
Telford (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Leesburg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Leesburg is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Mayday (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Mayday is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday Jonesborough (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Washington College (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Washington College is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington College February (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
February is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for February Bowmantown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Bowmantown is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
Matuta ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Matuta was located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matuta Broylesville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Broylesville is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broylesville Conklin (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Conklin is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Limestone (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Clarkson ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Clarkson was located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Continue List (16 more) ...
Embreeville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Embreeville is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embreeville Locust Mount (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Locust Mount is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount Mill Brook (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Mill Brook is also located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bald Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bald Crossing .
Newspapers Published in Bald Crossing ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bald Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bald Crossing, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Bald Crossing.
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 helpful 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 Bald Crossing:
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 Madison County Mitchell County Yancey County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bald Crossing. 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 Bald Crossing, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bald Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.