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 Bethany (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 Bethany. 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 and doctors 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.
Bethany is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Madison (NC), Cocke, Hamblen, Hawkins, Unicoi & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Bethany. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bethany:
- Greene County (The home county of Bethany)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Water Fork Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Water Fork Mill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Fork Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 445 people
- Camp Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Camp Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Henshaw ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Henshaw is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
- Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
- Pleasant View
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
- Tusculum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tusculum is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
- Horse Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
- Afton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
- Greeneville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bolton Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Cedar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Pine Crest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Woodby Hill
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Tolley Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tolley Town is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town
- Central
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Gap Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Watauga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Wolf Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Del Rio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parrottsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nough
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nough is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
- West Myers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Myers is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
- Tom Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tom Town is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Bridgeport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Bybee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jimtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Edwina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Naillon ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Naillon is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
- Jaybird
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jaybird is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Whitesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- East Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Strahl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Bulls Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kepler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Persia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Blossom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Amis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Surgoinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rogersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Church Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- New Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Jefferson County
- Leadvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Leadvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Blair Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Fordtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Colonial Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Flag Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Clear Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Former name for Clear Branch:
- Kittyton
- Ernestville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ernestville is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
- Bumpus Cove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Banner Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
- Erwin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Unicoi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Limestone Cove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Whispering Pines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Nolichucky ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nolichucky is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
- Limestone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Conklin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conklin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin
- Mill Brook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Kansas City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kansas City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City
- Telford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bowmantown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Ducktown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Big Sandy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Sandy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
- Leesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Jonesborough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buncombe County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Democrat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Democrat is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Flat Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Barnardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockview is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
- Alexander
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sandymush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sandymush is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
- Sandymush has also been known as:
- Sandy Mush
- Weaverville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leicester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stoney Knob
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stoney Knob is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Knob
- Beech
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beech is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Haywood County (NC)
- Mount Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Madison County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Allegheny
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
- Allenstand
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
- Cutshalltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
- White Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- White Rock is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Chapel Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Hurricane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Foster Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Creek is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek
- Stackhouse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Hot Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Walnut is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Mitchell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Bailey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Huntdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale
- Richlands
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
- Relief
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Tipton Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill
- Red Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Herrell ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell
- Buladean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean
- Yancey County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Sioux
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux
- Ramseytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown
- Higgins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
- Day Book
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book
- Green Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burnsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Yancey County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Low Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Low Gap is located in Yancey County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Murchison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Murchison is located in Yancey County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
- Pensacola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pensacola is located in Yancey County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Double Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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 Bethany, see our County-by-County Page for Bethany.
Cemeteries Near Bethany ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bethany.
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 Bethany - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bethany covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Price Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adam Painter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Franklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- The Franklin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harrison Franklin Cemetery
- Selmer Shelton Cemetery
- Gaither Shelton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Painter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gahagan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (947 more) ...
- Aikens - Shelton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bevy Landers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevy Landers Cemetery
- The Bevy Landers Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belva Cemetery
- Shelton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Bethany in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bethany.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bethany, with the one closest to Bethany listed first.
- Camp Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Camp Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Henshaw ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Henshaw is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
- Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
- Tusculum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tusculum is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
- Horse Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
- Allegheny
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
- Afton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Limestone Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Limestone Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Springs
- Briggs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Briggs is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- White Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- White Rock is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Brownsboro ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsboro is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
- Cedar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Limestone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rheatown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Statemount ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Statemount is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statemount
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bethany. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bethany.
Newspapers Published in Bethany ...
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 Bethany.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bethany, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bethany.
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 Bethany:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Cocke County
- Hamblen County
- Hawkins County
- Jefferson County
- Sullivan County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Madison County
- Mitchell County
- Yancey 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 Bethany, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bethany) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |