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 Big Cherokee (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 Big Cherokee. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.
Big Cherokee 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 Big Cherokee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Big Cherokee:
Washington County (The home county of Big Cherokee)
The following are listed by their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Kansas City (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Kansas City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City Green Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Green Hill is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Jonesborough (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Onks (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Onks is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onks Estimated population in 2014: 3,715 people
Midway (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Midway is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Telford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Leesburg (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Leesburg is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Conklin (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Conklin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Camelot Two (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Camelot Two is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
Bowmantown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Bowmantown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
Johnson City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
Big Sandy (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Big Sandy is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
Nolichucky ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Nolichucky is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
Carter County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Pine Crest (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Pine Crest is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Central (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Central is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Woodby Hill (12 miles [19.3 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
Gap Run (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run Watauga (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Tolley Town (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Tolley Town is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town Elizabethton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hampton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Biltmore (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Biltmore is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Siam (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Siam is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam Hunter (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Hunter is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Burbank (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Burbank is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Heaton Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Heaton Creek is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Milburnton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Milburnton is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton Horse Creek (12 miles [19.3 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
Centersville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Centersville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Rheatown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Jearoldstown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Jearoldstown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown Afton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Henshaw ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Henshaw is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Fairview (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Pleasant View (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Pleasant View is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
Tusculum (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Tusculum is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
Water Fork Mill (17 miles [27.4 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
Bolton Estates (18 miles [29 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
Camp Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Camp Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Chimneytop ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop Blossom (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Blossom is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Rotherwood (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood Green Village (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Green Village is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Solitude ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Solitude is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Block City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Block City is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City Church Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Mount Carmel (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Greenvale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Greenvale is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale New Canton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
New Canton is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton Frisco (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Frisco is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Greenland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Greenland is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Kepler (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Kepler is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Butler (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
High Health ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
High Health is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health Norris (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Norris is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
Sullivan County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Fordtown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Fordtown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown Piney Flats (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Colby ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Colby is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek Wahoo ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Wahoo is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Colonial Heights (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Thom ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Childress (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Beechwood Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Sac ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Sac is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac Bluff City (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Bluff City is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
Former name for Bluff City:
Zollicoffer Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
Lella ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Lella is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella Blair Gap (19 miles [30.6 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
Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Bumpus Cove (5 miles [8 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
Erwin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Unicoi (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Banner Hill (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
Whispering Pines (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines Indian Creek ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Limestone Cove (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove Ernestville (11 miles [17.7 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 (12 miles [19.3 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(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Loganton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Flag Pond (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Avery County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Elk Park (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Minneapolis (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Minneapolis is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis Whaley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Whaley is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley Chestnut Dale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Dale Plumtree (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Mount Gilead (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead Vale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Vale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee 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 Cutshalltown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown Foster Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Foster Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek 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 Bethel (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Bethel is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Allenstand (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand 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 Hurricane (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Mars Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Ivy (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Ivy is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Petersburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Petersburg is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Stackhouse (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse Walnut (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Walnut is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Mitchell County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Richlands (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands Bailey (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Huntdale (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale Relief (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief Buladean (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean Tipton Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill Herrell ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell Red Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek Bakersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Penland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Yancey County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Sioux (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Ramseytown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown Higgins (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Day Book (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book Green Mountain (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Burnsville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Double Island (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Double Island is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island Concord (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Concord is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Low Gap (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Low Gap is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap Micaville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Newdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Newdale is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale Pensacola (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Pensacola is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola Murchison (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Murchison is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Big Cherokee, see our County-by-County Page for Big Cherokee .
Cemeteries Near Big Cherokee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Big Cherokee.
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 Big Cherokee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Big Cherokee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Cherokee Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Miller Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Old Dutch Meeting House Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Bethesda Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Blair Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Keplinger Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Pleasant View Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Uriel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Dove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
May - Thomas Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Berry Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mayberry Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (1125 more) ...
Brown Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Stuart Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Vaughn Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 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.<4>
While we didn't find Big Cherokee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Big Cherokee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Big Cherokee, with the one closest to Big Cherokee listed first.
Mayday (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mayday is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday Embreeville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Embreeville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embreeville Telford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Jonesborough (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Conklin (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Conklin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Leesburg (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Leesburg is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Washington College (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Washington College is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington College Clarkson ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Clarkson is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Erwin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Unicoi (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Broylesville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Broylesville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broylesville February (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
February is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for February Continue List (13 more) ...
Marbleton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Marbleton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbleton Bowmantown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Bowmantown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
Matuta ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Matuta is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matuta
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Big Cherokee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Cherokee .
Newspapers Published in Big Cherokee ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Cherokee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Big Cherokee, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Big Cherokee.
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 websites either 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 Big Cherokee:
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 Big Cherokee. 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. 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- Big Cherokee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Big Cherokee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.