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 Barnes Ford (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Barnes Ford. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Barnes Ford ...
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.
While the name of this community is Barnes Ford, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Barnes Ford may originally have been Barne's Ford.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Barnes Ford might be written as Barne Ford.
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.
Barnes Ford is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Barnes Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barnes Ford:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Barnes Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Lake Pomeroy
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Fairfield Glade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Center Ford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Hebbertsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Rogers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Woodlands
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Crab Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenbriar Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Crossville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Creston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Dykes Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Lake Tansi Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Howard Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Anderson County
- Oliver Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Winesap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Ninemile
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Clarkrange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grimsley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wilder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Allardt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Cumberland Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Luttrell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- White Wing Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
- McMinn County
- Prigmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Akeman Crossroad
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Surprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Cute ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Sewee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Bucklick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Nemo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Lancing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deermont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Lavender
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Harriman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oakdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Deer Lodge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Wartburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Annadel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Glades
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Sunbright
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Lovejoy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Obey City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Hanging Limb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Beaver Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Putnam County
- Monterey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Roddy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Spring City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Lakemont Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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 southeast)
- Cardiff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Glen Alice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- College Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Postoak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Pioneer Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Emory Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Bazel Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Midtown Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Kingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Laddie Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Glenmary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Hembree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hembree is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree
- Robbins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Robbins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Hughett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Ravenscroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Clarktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barnes Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Barnes Ford.
Cemeteries Near Barnes Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barnes Ford.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Barnes Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barnes Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Glade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stansbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Watson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hebbertsburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brookhart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cline Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Millstone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McNeil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (797 more) ...
- Peavine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bakers Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Haley Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<5>
While we didn't find Barnes Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barnes Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barnes Ford, with the one closest to Barnes Ford listed first.
- Hebbertsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Crab Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Frankfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Frankfort is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Halfway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Genesis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Genesis is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesis
- Crossville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grassy Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grassy Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Cove
- Rockwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nemo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Islandford ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Islandford is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islandford
- Creston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Glen Alice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cardiff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Woody
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Howard Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barnes Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barnes Ford.
Newspapers Published in Barnes Ford ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barnes Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barnes Ford, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barnes Ford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Barnes Ford:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Bledsoe County
- Fentress County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott County
- White County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Barnes Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Barnes Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |