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 Balta (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 Balta. 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 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 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.
Balta is located in Rhea 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 Rhea County: Bledsoe, Bradley, Cumberland, Meigs & Roane.
Below are the counties that are near Balta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Balta:
- Rhea County (The home county of Balta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Roddy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Spring City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Cumberland Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Bryan Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Dayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ogden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Graysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Ninemile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Winesap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Summer City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Pikeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Brockdell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Jewett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Burke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Crab Orchard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Center Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Lake Tansi Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Crossville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbriar Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Lantana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Fairfield Glade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Pomeroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Rogers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Woodlands
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Hebbertsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Fentress County
- Clarkrange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Birchwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lakewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lakewood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Estimated population in 2011: 2,336 people
- Sale Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Luttrell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Loudon City Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Loudon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Prigmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Niota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Athens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Lamontville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lamontville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamontville
- Riceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Manila
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Akeman Crossroad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Cute ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Calico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Sewee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Surprise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Decatur
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Goodfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Beta
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- East View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Monroe County
- Sweetwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Harriman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Deermont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Oakdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Nemo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Bucklick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Lancing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wartburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Coal Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Lavender
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Annadel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Deer Lodge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Glen Alice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Pioneer Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Lakemont Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Rockwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Postoak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Cardiff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Emory Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Midtown Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Kingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Van Buren County
- Sweetgum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Clarktown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Ravenscroft
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Balta, see our County-by-County Page for Balta.
Cemeteries Near Balta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Balta.
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 Balta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Balta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Johnson Stand Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Reed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- King - Reed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stebbins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Sulphur Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (805 more) ...
- Long Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Treadway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 in 1895, Balta had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Balta, with the one closest to Balta listed first.
- Grandview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jewett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Lorraine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lorraine is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Spring City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grassy Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grassy Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Cove
- Roddy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Rhea Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rhea Springs is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea Springs
- Glen Alice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Burke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Big Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
- Litton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Litton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litton
- Crab Orchard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tanbark ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tanbark is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanbark
- Music ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Music is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
- Euchee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Euchee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Balta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Balta.
Newspapers Published in Balta ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Balta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Balta, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Balta.
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 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 Balta:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Rhea County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Cumberland County
- Fentress County
- Hamilton County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Roane County
- Van Buren County
- White 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> | 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 Balta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Balta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |