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 Piney (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 Piney. 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 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 Piney is located in Loudon 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 Loudon County: Blount, Knox, McMinn, Monroe & Roane.
Below are the counties that are near Big Piney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Big Piney:
- Loudon County (The home county of Big Piney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- Loudon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Loudon City Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Philadelphia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- Centersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Morganton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Greenback
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sharp Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
- Lenoir City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trigonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Jena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Eaton Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- Oak Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Scarboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Robertsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Oliver Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Claxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Claxton is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Peak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peak is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leinarts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leinarts is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- McMullens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- McMullens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Kiser
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kiser is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Friendsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Brick Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Binfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Binfield is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield
- Fairway Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fairway Estates is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
- Walnut Hill Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill Estates is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,394 people
- Louisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chilhowee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chilhowee is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- Boyd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boyd is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Virtue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Virtue is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue
- Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
- Belle Aire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Aire is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire
- Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
- Farragut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Ebenezer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Aldenwood Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
- Kingston Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston Woods is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Woods
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,790 people
- Oak Grove Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 4,425 people
- Volunteer Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village
- Karns
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Middlebrook Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- Bell Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Prigmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Niota
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manila
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Nonaburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Englewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mecca
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Grady
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Etowah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodsprings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Riceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- Surprise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Sewee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Akeman Crossroad
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Cute ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Decatur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- Vonore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
- Sweetwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Acorn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Ballplay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Belltown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Jacktown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Tellico Plains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- Harriman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Coal Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Coalfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coalfield is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,463 people
- Oakdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Tupper Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tupper Town is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupper Town
- Deermont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Petros
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Petros is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros
- Population from the 2010 Census: 583 people
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- Roddy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Lakewood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Spring City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- Cave Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Bradbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bradbury is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Selkirk ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Selkirk is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Kingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laddie Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Kries
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Bear ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bear is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Midtown Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Big Piney, see our County-by-County Page for Big Piney.
Cemeteries Near Big Piney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Big Piney.
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 Piney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Big Piney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- Watson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McKee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wadkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Simpson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Robertson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Coffman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hickman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Watts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roberson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Reed Springs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Philadelphia.
- The Reed Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reed Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17669 <3>
- Burton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Russell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (895 more) ...
- Bowman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clemmer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Big Piney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Big Piney.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Big Piney, with the one closest to Big Piney listed first.
- Loudon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brakebill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brakebill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill
- Griffitts ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Griffitts is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffitts
- Coytee ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coytee is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coytee
- Adolphus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adolphus is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adolphus
- Morganton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Kincaid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kincaid is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- McGhee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- McGhee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGhee
- Sweetwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hiwassee College
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hiwassee College is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee College
- Cave Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Trigonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Greenback
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Meadow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Meadow is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Big Piney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Piney.
Newspapers Published in Big Piney ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Piney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Big Piney, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Big Piney.
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 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 Piney:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Loudon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Blount County
- Knox County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Rhea County
- Roane 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Big Piney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Piney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |