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 Blair Gap (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 Blair Gap. 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.
Blair Gap is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Carter, Hawkins, Johnson, Washington, Bristol City (VA), Scott (VA) & Washington (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Blair Gap. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blair Gap:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Blair Gap)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair Gap, with the one closest to Blair Gap listed first.
- Fordtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Beartown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Beechwood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Borden Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Cherokee Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Kingsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Horace ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Morrison City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Orebank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Bloomingdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair Gap, with the one closest to Blair Gap listed first.
- Watauga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Pine Crest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Central
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Biltmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Elizabethton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gap Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Hunter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Woodby Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodby Hill is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
- Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Siam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair Gap, with the one closest to Blair Gap listed first.
- Jearoldstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Milburnton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Centersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Baileyton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rheatown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Ottway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Afton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Romeo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Bolton Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Horse Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Horse Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
- Albany
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Hamblen County
- Whitesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair Gap, with the one closest to Blair Gap listed first.
- Willis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Kyles Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Trent Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Trent Valley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
- Duck Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Sneedville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yount Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair Gap, with the one closest to Blair Gap listed first.
- Blossom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Church Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Block City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Mount Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Rotherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Greenland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Surgoinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Frisco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Greenvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair Gap, with the one closest to Blair Gap listed first.
- Bumpus Cove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Erwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Unicoi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Banner Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Ernestville
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Limestone Cove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Flag Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair Gap, with the one closest to Blair Gap listed first.
- Fall Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Ducktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Locust Mount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Gray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Big Sandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
- Spurgeon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bowmantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Mill Brook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Leesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Oak Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blair Gap, see our County-by-County Page for Blair Gap.
Cemeteries Near Blair Gap ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blair Gap.
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 Blair Gap - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blair Gap covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blair Gap, with the one closest to Blair Gap listed first.
- Mowell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Morrison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Glenn Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Glenn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yankee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fall Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fall Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Fall Branch - Hooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peoples Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lone Star Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McCrary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (877 more) ...
- Baines Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McClellan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Blair Gap in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blair Gap.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blair Gap, with the one closest to Blair Gap listed first.
- Harbour
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harbour is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour
- Lovelace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lovelace is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
- Fall Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blossom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Cloverbottom ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cloverbottom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverbottom
- Butterfly ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Butterfly is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Mole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mole is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Church Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jearoldstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Cedar Lane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Lane is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lane
- Meadowbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meadowbrook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Swanay ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Swanay is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanay
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blair Gap. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blair Gap.
Newspapers Published in Blair Gap ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blair Gap.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blair Gap, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blair Gap.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Blair Gap:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hancock County
- Hawkins County
- Unicoi County
- Washington 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 Blair Gap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Blair Gap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |