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 Balltown (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 Balltown. 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.
Balltown is located in McMinn 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 McMinn County: Bradley, Loudon, Meigs, Monroe, Polk & Roane.
Below are the counties that are near Balltown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Balltown:
- McMinn County (The home county of Balltown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Etowah
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Goodsprings
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Grady
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Claxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Claxton is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Luskville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
- Mecca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Englewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nonaburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Riceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Manila
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Calhoun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Niota
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Charleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bellefounte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bellefounte is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefounte
- Countryside Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Countryside Village is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- Etola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- East Cleveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,608 people
- Hopewell Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Estates is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,874 people
- Hopewell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Cleveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Cleveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,912 people
- Wildwood Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people
- Bent Tree Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bent Tree Acres is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,309 people
- Earnest ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Earnest is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest
- McDonald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Birchwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lakewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lakewood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Estimated population in 2011: 2,336 people
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Luttrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Trigonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Morganton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Loudon City Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Decatur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goodfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Sewee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Beta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Cute ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Calico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- East View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Surprise
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Akeman Crossroad
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Jalapa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Rural Vale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Epperson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Coker Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Tellico Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jacktown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Madisonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Sweetwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Acorn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Ballplay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Vonore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Delano
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Servilla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Chestuee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chestuee is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestuee
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Archville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Archville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rymers is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Parksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Parksville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Ocoee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chable ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chable is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chable
- Chanceytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Oldfort
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oldfort is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfort
- Ducktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Play
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Bryan Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Dayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roane County
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Fannin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Fry
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fry is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- McCaysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pantertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- Epworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pierceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Chestnut Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Murray County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Tennga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cisco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory is located in Murray County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Population from the 2010 Census: 7,432 people
- Temple Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Temple Grove is located in Murray County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,795 people
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pleasant Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Burger Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Vests
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Hiwassee Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Postell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Unaka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Ogreeta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Hothouse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Grape Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Culberson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Balltown, see our County-by-County Page for Balltown.
Cemeteries Near Balltown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Balltown.
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 Balltown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Balltown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Green Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kirksey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carlock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Love Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coghill Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Goodsprings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buttram Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (650 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wesleyanna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 Balltown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Balltown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Balltown, with the one closest to Balltown listed first.
- Carlock
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Carlock is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
- Grady
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Williamsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Luskville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
- Servilla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Patty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patty is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty
- Mecca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Reliance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nonaburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Riceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rural Vale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Jalapa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Sanford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sanford is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Balltown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Balltown.
Newspapers Published in Balltown ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Balltown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Balltown, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Balltown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Balltown:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to McMinn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradley County
- Hamilton County
- Loudon County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Polk County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Fannin County
- Murray County
- Cherokee 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 Balltown, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Balltown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |